Mrs. Warren’s Profession | Criticism
- Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan and Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession
In the following essay, Nassaar argues that Shaw recast Oscar Wilde’s play Lady Windermere’s Fan in Mrs. Warren’s Profession to focus on issues Wilde avoided in his play.
- A Shavian Whodunit: The Mysterious Mrs. Warren
In the following essay, Bermel puts his experience teaching Mrs. Warren’s Profession in a university setting to work to solve the mystery of Vivie’s paternity.
- Shaw's Views on Prostitution and Society in Britain in the Late 18th Century
Guyette, a longtime journalist, received a bachelor’s degree in English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. In this essay, Guyette discusses how Shaw, in writing about what he believes to be the underlying causes of prostitution in Britain during the latter part of the nineteenth century, also skewers a society built upon a foundation of hypocrisy.
- Concept of the New Woman
Perkins is a professor of American and English literature and film. In this essay, Perkins examines the concept of the ‘‘New Woman’’ in Shaw’s play.
- Mrs. Warren’s Profession: Art Over Didacticism
In the following essay, Berst examines Mrs. Warren’s Profession in terms of its art rather than its social message.
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