IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST' AND OTHER PLAYS by Wilde, Oscar ISBN 0192834444
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This text presents four plays by Oscar Wilde, newly edited and with modern spelling and punctuation. In addition there is an introduction and detailed annotation. Three social comedies, which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s, are accompanied by the experimental, symbolist 'Salome'.
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 public performance by the English censor. His final dramatic triumph was his 'trivial' comedy for serious people, The Importance of Being Earnest' arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English. Under the General Editorship of Dr Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation.
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[edit] Title
IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST' AND OTHER PLAYS
[edit] Author
Wilde, Oscar
[edit] ISBN
0192834444
[edit] Published
07/05/1998
[edit] Publisher
Oxford University Press
[edit] Binding
paperback (B format)
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7.99 (GBP)
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