Oscar Wilde's infamous wit, taste for scandal, and gift for revealing the hypocrisies of fashionable society are on display here in this collection of his finest plays. A genius both of and ahead of his time, he built his craft on the eternal questions of right and wrong - with pithy dialogue as fresh today as when it was written. In addition to Wilde's five major plays, this Signet Classics edition contains- Two interviews with the playwright at the peak of his career, in which Wilde discusses his work - and his critics Some of his most brilliant critical writing, in which he discusses the nature of art in terms that anticipate much of today's literary theory An appendix that restores valuable lines that appeared in the original text of The Importance of Being Earnest With an Introduction by Sylvan Barnetand a New Afterword by Marylu Hill
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Putnam INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9780451532220
eBay Product ID (ePID)
180146125
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings
Author
Oscar Wilde
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
170mm
Item Width
107mm
Item Weight
249g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Oscar Wilde
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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