The plays of Oscar Wilde
About this book
Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This volume includes all Wilde's plays from his early tragedy Vera to the controversial Salome and the little known fragments, La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy. The edition affords a rare chance to see Wilde's best known work in the context of his entire dramatic output, and to appreciate plays which have hitherto received scant critical attention.
Subjects
- american literature
- anthologies
- authors, irish
- authors, irish -- 19th century -- correspondence
- biography
- books
- books, reviews
- british and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- collected works (single author, multi-form)
- correspondence
- correspondence (wilde, oscar)
- criticism
- criticism and interpretation
- critique et interprétation
- drama
- dramatic works
- english drama
- english historical drama
- english language
- english language, textbooks for foreign speakers
- english literature
- english poetry
- english wit and humor
- gothic fiction (literary genre), american
- history and criticism
- industrial relations
- irish authors
- jews
- literatura inglesa
- literature
- literaturkritik
- littérature anglaise
- long now manual for civilization
- manners and customs
- poesia
- poetic works
- poetry (poetic works by one author)
- quotations
- readers
- reviews
- saint bartholomew's day, massacre of, france, 1572
- social life and customs
- teatro
- textbooks for foreign speakers
- theory
- translations into russian
- wilde, oscar, 1854-1900
- wilde, oscar, 1854-1900 -- correspondence
- young women