“A Hollow Sham”: The Representation of War in Bernard Shaw’s Victorian Plays

A fierce opponent to war prompted by passion, Bernard Shaw saw the contemporary stage as the source of the Victorians’ misconception of the battlefield. In his plays, comedy and derision debunk the warped view of fighting that flows from ideals, the thirst for revenge and an incompetent ruling class...

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Main Author: Stéphane Guy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2007-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/10553
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