Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch by Bernard Shaw
"Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch" by Bernard Shaw is a cycle of five plays written between 1918 and 1920. Shaw proposes a radical solution to humanity's problems: people must evolve to live for centuries instead of decades. Only through extended lifespans, he argues, can humans gain the wisdom needed to govern complex civilizations. The plays span from the Garden of Eden to the year 31,920, exploring how humanity might transform through
Creative Evolution and the Life Force to achieve this extraordinary longevity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 |
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| Title | Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_Methuselah |
| Contents | Preface -- In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden) -- The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day -- The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170 -- Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000 -- As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31,920. |
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Suzanne Shell and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders. HTML file produced by David Widger EDITORIAL NOTE: The reader is likely to notice the absence of apostrophes from contractions in the essay section of this work. The author disliked apostrophes and often omitted them. Some of his publishers inserted them, others honored his wishes. The policy of Project Gutenberg is to treat apostrophes as they were in the source text. In this case, apostrophes were omitted in the essay section but used in the play. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 13084 |
| Release Date | Aug 2, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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