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| Author | : Michael Y. Bennett |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2016-01-12 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1137410930 |
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As the first collection of essays about Oscar Wilde's comedies, the contributors re-evaluate Oscar Wilde's society plays as 'comedies of manners" to see whether this is actually an apt way to read Wilde's most emblematic plays. Focusing on both the context and the texts, the collection locates Wilde both in his social and literary contexts.
| Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 1905 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
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| Author | : Peter Raby |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1997-10-16 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780521479875 |
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The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde offers an essential introduction to one of the theatre's most important and enigmatic writers. Although a general overview, the volume also offers some of the latest thinking on the dramatist and his impact on the twentieth century. Part One places Wilde's work within the cultural and historical context of his time and includes an opening essay by Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland. Further chapters also examine Wilde and the Victorians and his image as a Dandy. Part Two looks at Wilde's essential work as playwright and general writer, including his poetry, critiques, and fiction, and provides detailed analysis of such key works as Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest among others. The third group of essays examines the themes and factors which shaped Wilde's work and includes Wilde and his view of the Victorian woman, Wilde's sexual identities, and interpreting Wilde on stage. This 1997 volume also contains a detailed chronology of Wilde's work, a guide to further reading, and illustrations from important productions.
| Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : Barnes & Noble Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Wit and humor |
| ISBN | : 9780880299459 |
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Oscar Wilde is one of the most quoted and quotable men in history. He once boasted that he could talk spontaneously on any subject, a claim effortlessly borne out by the range and scope of the examples collected in this book. It is an entertaining, instructive, and revealing look at a man who is unlikely ever to be forgotten. "Oscar Wilde," wrote Richard Ellmann, "we have only to hear the great name to anticipate that what will be quoted as his will surprise and delight us. His wit is an agent of renewal, as pertinent now as a hundred years ago."
| Author | : Alan Bird |
| Publisher | : London : Vision Press |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
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| Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : First Avenue Editions ™ |
| Total Pages | : 93 |
| Release | : 2014-08-01 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1467756547 |
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Jack Worthing gets antsy living at his country estate. As an excuse, he spins tales of his rowdy brother Earnest living in London. When Jack rushes to the city to confront his "brother," he's free to become Earnest and live a different lifestyle. In London, his best friend, Algernon, begins to suspect Earnest is leading a double life. Earnest confesses that his real name is Jack and admits the ruse has become tricky as two women have become enchanted with the idea of marrying Earnest. On a whim, Algernon also pretends to be Earnest and encounters the two women as they meet at the estate. With two Earnests who aren't really earnest and two women in love with little more than a name, this play is a classic comedy of errors. This is an unabridged version of Oscar Wilde's English play, first published in 1899.
| Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : Good Press |
| Total Pages | : 841 |
| Release | : 2023-11-27 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : |
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Oscar Wilde wrote nine plays in all between 1879 and 1894. His fame as a dramatist rests on four comedies, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, and the tragedy Salomé. His plays continue to dazzle audiences even a century after his death. Contents: Vera The Duchess Of Padua Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman Of No Importance Salomé Salome (English Version) An Ideal Husband The Importance Of Being Earnest La Sainte Courtisane A Florentine Tragedy Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays. Wilde was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement, which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine is most clearly summarized in the phrase 'art for art's sake'.
| Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2012-02-07 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1101560150 |
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A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde’s wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best. Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” this hilarious attack on Victorian manners and morals turns a pompous world on its head, lets duplicity lead to happiness, and makes riposte the highest form of art. Written, according to Wilde, “by a butterfly for butterflies,” it is a dazzling masterpiece of comic entertainment. Although it was originally written in four acts, The Importance of Being Earnest is usually performed in a three-act version. This authoritative edition features an appendix that restores valuable lines that appeared in the original. Also included in this special collection are Wilde’s first comedy success, Lady Windermere’s Fan, and his richly sensual melodrama, Salomé, which he called “that terrible coloured little tragedy I once in some strange mood wrote”—and which shocked and enraged the censors of his time. Includes an Introduction by Sylvan Barnet and an Afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer
| Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 450 |
| Release | : 2009-01-01 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1408121425 |
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This volume contains everything Wilde wrote in dramatic form Wilde's masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest is printed here in its usual three-act form, but with an appendix containing the best material from the original four-act version. Also included are his three 'problem plays', Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband, as well as his once-banned Salome and several other little-known but fascinating dramas. H. Montgomery Hyde, an acknowledged expert on Wilde and author of several books on him, provides an introduction to Wilde's life and work with special attention to the composition and performance of the plays. "Wilde is to me our only thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audiences, with the whole theatre" (George Bernard Shaw)
| Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : Collector's Library |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2014-04 |
| Genre | : Comedies of manners, English |
| ISBN | : 9781909621121 |
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"The five plays in the volume were first performed between 1892 and 1896"--Title page verso.
