num_pages: 78
description: "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.
language: English
title: Arms and the Man
titlecomplete: Arms and the Man
characters: Catherine Petkoff, Major Paul Petkoff, Raina Petkoff, Louka (Arms and the Man), Sergius Saranoff, Nicola (Arms and the Man), Captain Bluntschli
genres: Fiction, Plays, Humor, Theatre, Classics, 19th Century, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Literature
ratings_count: 10608
places: Bulgaria
publisher: Penguin Books