{"product_id":"arms-and-the-man-bernard-shaw-9780713679984","title":"Arms and the Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCheered by some and booed by others on opening night in 1894, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArms and the Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e became the first success of Bernard Shaw's dramatic career that spanned six decades and brought him world-wide renown. In this perennially popular anti-romantic comedy, a fugitive enemy soldier bursts into the bedroom of a starry-eyed young woman; he then proceeds to disabuse her and those around her of the bogus romanticised ideals they have constructed around love, war, and social status. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition includes \u003cb\u003eShaw's definitive text and provides the most comprehensive scholarly treatment of the play to date\u003c\/b\u003e. It radically 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0713679980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713679984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Bernard Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47422532780287,"sku":"9780713679984","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f7ad152-46a9-4ac0-a6ae-22749a90387c.jpg?v=1761527788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arms-and-the-man-bernard-shaw-9780713679984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}