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Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | 445 words | Copyright

Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1918–20) is an infrequently performed cycle of five plays by G. B. Shaw, beginning in the Garden of Eden and reaching the year ad 31,920, which examines the metaphysical implications of longevity. Shaw revised the text and its preface, and added a postscript, in the mid-1940s, when choosing Back to Methuselah to represent his work in the Oxford University Press World Classics series.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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