LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:6 June 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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George Bernard Shaw as an Unknown Novelist

P. Satyanarayana, M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., PGDTE

Abstract

This paper presents G. B. Shaw as a novelist which is not known to many readers. His early writing was novel writing. It paved a good path for the development of Shaw’s skills in writing his plays of ideas. His novels are the roots for his off-shoot plays. His five novels are ‘Immaturity’ (1879), ‘The Irrational Knot’ (1880), ‘Love Among the Artists’ (1881), ‘Cashel Byron’s Profession’(1882) and ‘An Unsocial Socialist’(1883). They are full of biting satire and carping criticism of all the ugly aspects of Victorian life.

Keywords: Pugilist, socialism, capitalism, motifs, carping criticism, salutary and grovel.

Introduction

G. B. Shaw, a prolific dramatist, came to the theatre with a moral purpose. He used drama for the purpose of bettering the lot of humanity. His plays sparkle with his brilliant wit. His humour is dry and intellectual. His characters are products of social forces. He was a skilled dramatic craftsman. But his novels have not received adequate attention till now. Historians of fiction hardly took notice of them. Therefore, it is salutary to attempt a critical review of the five novels of Shaw.

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Dr. Penjuri Satyanarayana, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., PGDTE
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