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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Lady Windermere's fan. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (OCoLC)680139000 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Oscar Wilde; Peter Raby |
| ISBN: | 0198121679 9780198121671 0192822462 9780192822468 |
| OCLC Number: | 31740326 |
| Description: | xxxii, 368 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Lady Windermere's fan ; Salome ; A woman of no importance ; An ideal husband ; The importance of being earnest |
| Series Title: | Oxford drama library. |
| Other Titles: | Plays. Lady Windermere's fan ; Salome ; A woman of no importance ; An ideal husband ; The importance of being earnest Importance of being earnest and other plays |
| Responsibility: | Oscar Wilde ; edited with an introduction by Peter Raby ; general editor, Michael Cordner ; associate general editors, Peter Holland, Martin Wiggins. |
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Abstract:
This series presents students with a library of outstanding plays, many of which are otherwise unobtainable, or available only in out-of-date or unannotated editions. The texts are newly edited, with modernized spelling and punctuation where appropriate; and there are scholarly introductions and annotation. 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. Wilde's final dramatic triumph was his 'trivial' comedy for serious people, The Importance of Being Earnest, arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English.
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