Plays Pleasant - Arms and the Man ; Candida ; The Man of Destiny ; You Never Can Tell - Grand Format

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One of Bernard Shaw's most glittering comedies, Arms and the Man is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. In the contrast between... Lire la suite
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One of Bernard Shaw's most glittering comedies, Arms and the Man is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. In the contrast between Bluntschli, the mercenary soldier, and the brave leader, Sergius, the true nature of valour is revealed. Shaw mocks deluded idealism in Candida, when a young poet becomes infatuated with the wife of a Socialist preacher. The Man of Destiny is a witty war of words between Napoleon and a "strange lady", while in the exuberant farce You Never Can Tell a divided family is reunited by chance.
Although Shaw intended Plays Pleasant to be gentler comedies than those in the companion volume, Plays Unpleasant, their prophetic satire remains sharp and provocative. This is the definitive text prepared under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume includes Shaw's Preface of 1898.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/01/2006
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    0-14-043794-0
  • EAN
    9780140437942
  • Format
    Grand Format
  • Présentation
    Broché
  • Nb. de pages
    320 pages
  • Poids
    0.247 Kg
  • Dimensions
    12,9 cm × 19,8 cm × 1,9 cm

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