The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
1st Edition
Published on 21. July 2014
400 pages
978-1-4516-8598-5 (ISBN)
Description
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.
Wilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, a satire of Victorian social hypocrisy and considered Wilde's greatest dramatic achievement, and his other popular plays?Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and Salome?challenged contemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity.
Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author's personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research.
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Wilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, a satire of Victorian social hypocrisy and considered Wilde's greatest dramatic achievement, and his other popular plays?Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and Salome?challenged contemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity.
Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author's personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research.
Read with confidence.
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Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
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08/2005
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Introduction: 'The Triumph of Artifice'
- Chronology of Oscar Wilde's Life and Work
- Historical Context of 'The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays'
- 1. The Importance of Being Earnest
- The Persons of the Play
- Act One
- Act Two
- Act Three
- Act Four
- 2. Lady Windermere's Fan
- The Persons of the Play
- Act One
- Act Two
- Act Three
- Act Four
- 3. An Ideal Husband
- The Persons of the Play
- Act One
- Act Two
- Act Three
- Act Four
- 4. Salomé
- The Persons of the Play
- Interpretive Notes
- Critical Excerpts
- Questions for Discussion
- Suggestions for the Interested Reader
- Notes
- Copyright
