The importance of being earnest : authoritative text, backgrounds, criticism

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, author.

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"This second Critical Edition of The Importance of Being Earnest features Oscar Wilde's satirical three-act play, as published by Leonard Smithers in 1899. The plot follows the comedic misadventures between two young upperclass Englishmen and their beloveds, as they navigate the social constrictions of Victorian society. In "Backgrounds," readers can find contextual essays which illustrate the Victorian social landscape through the topics of gend...

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Norton critical edition

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ISBN:

9780393421972

Edition:

Second edition

Description:

xv, 201 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

The Text of The Importance of Being Earnest
Some Excised Portions Of The Play
Backgrounds
London in the 1890s / Karl Beckson
Victorian Theatrics: Response / Sharon Marcus
The Branding of Oscar Wilde / Michael Patrick Gillespie
Criticism
Early Reviews And Reactions
On The Importance of Being Earnest / William Archer
On The Importance of Being Earnest / Hamilton Fyfe
On The Importance of Being Earnest / George Bernard Shaw
On The Importance of Being Earnest in Essays In Criticism / H.G. Wells
The Four-Act Version of The Importance of Being Earnest / E. H. Mikhail
Parody, Paradox and Play in The Importance of Being Earnest / Burkhard Niederhoff
Some Remarks on "Parody, Paradox and Play in The Importance of Being Earnest" / Christopher S. Nassaar
Synchronicity and the Trickster in The Importance of Being Earnest / Clifton Snider
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: Conformity and Resistance in Victorian Society / Brigitte Bastiat
A Wilde Irish Rebel: Queerness Versus Nationalism in Irish Imaginative Presentations of Wilde / Eibhear Walshe
Wilde in Earnest / Maneck H. Daruwala

LCCN:

2021026533

Control Number:

3258007

Other Authors:

Gillespie, Michael Patrick, editor

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