ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1885 the drama critic William Archer recruited Shaw to write book, art, and musical reviews in various publications. In 1895 Shaw began writing for the Saturday Review as a theatre critic, and from there he began to write his first plays.

Detailed explanation-2: -George Bernard Shaw was born on July 26 1856 in Dublin Ireland the son of a civil servant. Although he was best known for drama, he was also proficient in the areas of journalism, music and literary criticism. He began his literary career as a novelist.

Detailed explanation-3: -He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Works. George Bernard Shaw was the author of five novels: An Unsocial Socialist, Cashel Byron’s Profession, Immaturity, Love among the Artists, and The Irrational Knot. He also wrote two famous short stories, titled The Black Girl in Search of God and The Miraculous Revenge.

Detailed explanation-5: -The intellectual and social seriousness of his ideas, his effusive, literary dialogue, and his invention of new genres such as the discussion play were pivotal contributions to the modernization of drama.