English Literature / Unit 15 ENL 1434 short lesson, about 20 seconds
George Bernard Shaw
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The idea
George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright, critic and Fabian socialist pamphleteer, became the leading dramatist of his generation and won the Nobel Prize in nineteen twenty-five. His plays of ideas satirize romantic illusions and social conventions.
In practice
Plays of ideas, socialism, wit.
Where people slip
Shaw's career runs well past nineteen-oh-one.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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