Man and Superman (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1903
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Play of ideas
- Time of Work: c. 1900
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Comedy
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Dreams, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Women, Ethics, Human behavior, Spain or Spanish people, Intellect, Anarchism or anarchists
- Locales: London, England, Richmond, England, Granada, Spain
Places Discussed
Ramsden’s office. London workplace in which Jack Tanner works. As a bastion of ossified conservatism, the office becomes a symbol of Victorian social morality and an arena for Tanner’s ferocious assault on conventional values in act 1. Its stuffy respectability provides an obvious motive for Ann Whitefield’s display of her determination to subvert convention in pursuit of her aims.
Whitefield house. Suburban home in Richmond, near London, used for an outdoor setting in act 2, that establishes the importance of the automobile for subsequent action...
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