Research Catalog

Title

The importance of being earnest : authoritative text, backgrounds, criticism / Oscar Wilde ; edited by Michael Patrick Gillespie, Florida International University.

Author

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

Publication

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2023.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gillespie, Michael Patrick

Description

xv, 201 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"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 gender and identity, as well as works which explore Wilde's relationship to his contemporary culture. "Criticism" dissects the play from a critical lens, providing examples of early reviews and an essential collection of analyses from contemporary scholars. A chronology and selected bibliography are included"--

Series Statement

Norton critical edition

Uniform Title

Norton critical edition.

Subject

• Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
• Importance of being earnest (Wilde, Oscar)
• Identity (Psychology) > Drama
• Foundlings > Drama
• Foundlings
• Identity (Psychology)
• England > Drama
• England

Genre/Form

• Drama.
• Comedy plays.

Bibliography (note)

• 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.

Call Number

JFD 22-2935

ISBN

• 9780393421972
• 039342197X

LCCN

• 2021026533
• 40031362410

OCLC

1255521810

Author

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, author.

Title

The importance of being earnest : authoritative text, backgrounds, criticism / Oscar Wilde ; edited by Michael Patrick Gillespie, Florida International University.

Publisher

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2023.

Edition

Second edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Norton critical edition

Norton critical edition.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Gillespie, Michael Patrick, editor.

Other Standard Identifier

40031362410

Research Call Number

JFD 22-2935