{"product_id":"9780713679984","title":"Arms and the Man","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Mermaids\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eArms and the Man\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBernard Shaw | J. P. Wearing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJ.P. Wearing, Ph.D, is Professor Emeritus of English, University of Arizona. Among his thirteen books are: \u003ci\u003eG.B. Shaw: An Annotated Bibliography of Writings About Him: Volume I: 1871-1930\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBernard Shaw and Nancy Astor: Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw \u003c\/i\u003eand the sixteen-volume \u003ci\u003eThe London Stage 1890-1959\u003c\/i\u003e. He has held a Killam Post-doctoral Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 July 2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780713679984\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335410401420,"sku":"9780713679984","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_77015da8-493e-46d4-818d-a35ae4edccb2.jpg?v=1788030022","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780713679984","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}