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George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is revered as one of the great British dramatists; credited not only with memorable works; but the revival of the then-suffering English theatre. Shaw was born in Dublin; Ireland; left mostly to his own devices after his mother ran off to London to pursue a musical career. He educated himself for the most part; and eventually worked for a real estate agent. This experience founded in him a concern for social injustices; seeing poverty and general unfairness afoot; and would go on to address this in many of his works. In 1876; Shaw joined his mother in London where he would finally attain literary success. "Getting Married"; comes from a satirical standpoint; much like so many other of Shaws works. The story follows a family getting together for a wedding; all the while building a case for the necessity of easy divorce proceedings.
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Review
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Its all so simple now....By RachelThis is; put simply; a Very Useful Book. It seems to be mostly aimed at people used to traditional literary criticism; who are interested in the whole new exciting thang that is Cultural Studies - reading and interpreting all sorts of cultural objects; from tv shows and movies; to public buildings; to cereal packets; to (and this is really where this book comes in) poems and novels and plays. Its a good; clear summary of a fascinating but often confusing field; and its practical too if (like me) you want to start doing this cultural analysis yourself. I was saying to myself "Oh; thats right!" all the way through this book. Okay; so the guy next to me on the bus was looking at me funny; but who cares?! Since you have to live in our culture; you might as well get the tools to understand it!