• ISBN13: 9788126930951
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 15, 2020
• Pages: 110
• Original Price: INR 495.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 270 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

Shaw’s Candida: A Critical Introduction presents a detailed study as well as a critical analysis on Candida and its different aspects. A brief discussion is also included on Shaw as a dramatist. The book has been furcated in three parts. The first part includes five chapters—The Shaw Phenomenon, Drama in the Later Victorian Period, Advent of Shaw, Dramatic Career, and Influences on Shaw. The second part of the book has six chapters—Theme and Title, Plot and Character, The Question of Conflict, Problem Play and Drama of Ideas, Pre-Raphaelite Play, and Level of Emotion. And the third part includes three chapters—The Part of Art, Language and Reality, and Comic Genius. A Bibliography has also been provided at the end of the book.

Prof. Meena Sodhi, M.A. (English), Ph.D. (English), Former Principal and Professor of English (Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi), has more than 47 years of experience in Teaching, Research, and Administration. She is Officer on Special Duty at MMV, BHU, since October 2013 with the task of upgrading the College into an Institute. In the field of teaching and research, her area of specialization includes Romantic Critical Theory, Indian Autobiographies in English, Indian Drama, and Modern British Drama. Her books on Coleridge’s Theory of Poetry and Indian English Writing: The Autobiographical Mode are very popular among the students and teachers of English Literature.

• General Editor’s Preface
• Preface

• PART - I

• 1. The Shaw Phenomenon
• 2. Drama in the Later Victorian Period
• 3. Advent of Shaw
• 4. Dramatic Career
• 5. Influences on Shaw

• PART - II

• 6. Theme and Title
• 7. Plot and Character
• 8. The Question of Conflict
• 9. Problem Play and Drama of Ideas
• 10. Pre-Raphaelite Play
• 11. Level of Emotion

• PART - III

• 12. The Part of Art

• 13. Language and Reality
• 14. Comic Genius
• Bibliography