Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Man and Superman 3. Major Barbara 4. John Bull's Other Island 5. The Doctor's Dilemma and Pygmalion 6. Misalliance 7. Heartbreak House 8. Saint Joan 9. Back to Methuselah Note on the Standard Edition Notes Index

Reviews

Books on Bernard Shaw proliferate, but not new perspectives on Shaw. The refreshing thing about Mr. Wisenthal's criticism is that he does provide a useful new lens through which to view Shavian drama. The Marriage of Contraries should prove to be one of the few essential recent books on G.B.S. -- Stanley Weintraub