Arms and the man : a pleasant play / Bernard Shaw ; edited by J.P. Wearing.
"In this perennially popular anti-romantic comedy, a fugitive enemy soldier bursts into the bedroom of a starry-eyed young woman; the then proceeds to disabuse her and those around her of the bogus romanticised ideals they have constructed around love, war, and social status." "This e...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Methuen Drama,
2008.
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| Series: | New mermaids (London, England)0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008159157.
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| Summary: | "In this perennially popular anti-romantic comedy, a fugitive enemy soldier bursts into the bedroom of a starry-eyed young woman; the then proceeds to disabuse her and those around her of the bogus romanticised ideals they have constructed around love, war, and social status." "This edition includes Bernard Shaw's definitive text and provides the most comprehensive scholarly treatment of the play to date. It re-examines Shaw's sources, the drafts of the play, its themes and self-fictionalising techniques, and locates it in the theatrical milieu that Shaw sought to subvert and revolutionize."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | "Definitive text." |
| Physical Description: | lii, 117 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages li-lii) |
| ISBN: | 9780713679984 (pbk.) 0713679980 (pbk.) |