1. English Literature in the Twentieth century
... taxi', only if he cut several other expletives. The word 'bloody' was not to be allowed on the English stage again for another twenty-five years. Shaw was able to make considerable use of this linguistic idiocy in the play, which remains his funniest work. Shaw was an Irishman, as was Oscar Wilde. Their outsiders' view of British society allowed them a freedom to ... observe it critically, which is not found so clearly in any English dramatist of the turn of the century. The plays of Harley Granville-Barker in the early years of the century also had considerable political content. ...
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