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George Bernard Shaw

You may want to follow the order of the required information listed in the assignment to ensure that you have met the minimum requirements for the assignment.  Begin with Full name, birth place, and literary accomplishments.

George Bernard Shaw was born in 1856 in Dublin, Ireland.  He was the son of a civil servant, which is ironic, because Shaw himself exhibited a strong "dislike of organized training" and as such, his education was "irregular" (1).   

The BBC has audio interviews with George Bernard Shaw at the end of his life.  Click on the following link to hear what Shaw has to say about school:  bernardshawg2.ram (2.)

Works

The following information would appear under this title:  Plays and essays Shaw wrote with dates of publication. Include critics' perspectives on the author's works.  Major influences would also fall under this category.

Personal Life

Family life, personal interests, the author's favorite work (if it was not mention under "Works"). 

Contemporaries and Shaw's Perspectives on "The Times"

Common interests with another Victorian/Modern author and the author's attitudes about the time in which he or she lived.

The End

Date and circumstances of author's death.  You may want to include the impact it had on the literary community or the society in which the author lived.

Shaw, at age 80, on what he has learned in life:  bernardshawg1lifeat80.ram (3)

Selection of Work with Commentary

Choose a poem, play, essay, or novel from your author.  For larger works, you may choose a selection.  Include the selection in this section and explain its meaning and significance. 

Sources

You must number and cite all sources in your work.  Please use MLA format.

1.  "George Bernard Shaw."  NobelPrize.org.  1925.  The Nobel Foundation.  5 May 2009. http://nobelprize.org

2.  "George Bernard Shaw:  Talks for Sixth Formers."  BBC.  01 Jan 1937.  BBC.  5 May 2009

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/shawgl.shtml>.

3.  "George Bernard Shaw:  Talks for Sixth Formers."  BBC.  01 Jan 1937.  BBC.  5 May 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/shawgl.shtml.