Socialist Ideas on Wealth: an Exploration of Three Plays By George Bernard Shaw

This proposes an approach to understanding George Bernard Shaw's socialist views concerning wealth through an examination of Mrs. Warren's Profession, Major Barbara, and Too True To Be Good. Through an examination of Shaw's speeches and debates and an extensive study of his plays written during a sixty year period, a clear link between Shaw's socialist views and his dramatic craft is established. Shaw's socialist philosophy, nurtured during his early years as a Fabian lecturer, is an integral part of his career as a dramatist. To prove this contention the study explores ten major areas of Shavian belief concerning wealth and the moral implications that the acquisition of wealth has for humanity. Mrs. Warren's Profession (1893), Major Barbara (1905), and Too True to Be Good (1931) represent a wide range of dramatic skills while stressing his ideas about wealth; thus, these plays demonstrate that Shaw was a socially and morally concerned dramatist.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in English

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

1979

Author dc:creator

• Mix, Linda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Richard Turner

• English Language and Literature

Statement dc:rights

• © Linda Mix

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/530

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1531