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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere´s Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
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Description for The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere´s Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Oscar Wilde was already one of the best known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband, offer a moving as well as witty dissection of society and its morals, with a sharp focus on sexual politics. By contrast, the experimental, symbolist Salome, written originally in French, was banned for ... Read more
Oscar Wilde was already one of the best known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. The social comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband, offer a moving as well as witty dissection of society and its morals, with a sharp focus on sexual politics. By contrast, the experimental, symbolist Salome, written originally in French, was banned for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199535972
SKU
9780199535972
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About Oscar Wilde
Peter Raby is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Drama Department at Homerton College, Cambridge.
Reviews for The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere´s Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest
'the man had style and wit and was a great influence on the theatre of his time' Hamish Coghill, Evening News