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Number of Pages: 148 Binding: Paper Back Publisher: Longman Edition: 1984 ISBN: 0582330947 ISSN: 9780582330948 Availability: To be delivered within 4 working days. Summary: George Bernard Shaw takes the title for this play from the opening life of Virgil's epic poem the "Aeneid," which begins "Of arms and the man I sing." Virgil glorified war and the heroic feats of Aeneas on the battlefield. However, Shaw's purpose in this play is to attack the romantic notion of war by presenting a more realistic depiction of war, devoid of the idea that such death and destruction speaks to nobility. Still, "Arms and the Man" is not an anti-war drama, but rather a satirical assault on those who would glorify the horrors or war.
Price: N600