Arms and the Man (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781490566399)

To the irreverent-and which of us will claim entire exemption from that comfortable classification?-there is something very amusing in the attitude of the orthodox criticism toward Bernard Shaw. He so obviously disregards all the canons and unities and other things which every well-bred dramatist is bound to respect that his work is really unworthy of serious criticism (orthodox). Indeed he knows no more about the dramatic art than, according to his own story in "The Man of Destiny," Napoleon at Tavazzano knew of the Art of War. But both men were successes each in his way-the latter won victories and the former gained audiences, in the very teeth of the accepted theories of war and the theatre. Shaw does not know that it is unpardonable sin to have his characters make long speeches at one another, apparently thinking that this embargo applies only to long speeches which consist mainly of bombast and rhetoric.

Author: George Bernard Shaw
ISBN-10: 1490566392
ISBN-13: 9781490566399
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2013
Pages: 42
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.09d