The collection “Backgrounds” includes essays on Wilde and the 1890s by leading cultural critics such as Karl Beckson, Sharon Marcus, and Michael Patrick Gillespie. The section “Early Reviews and Reactions” gathers contemporary responses to the work The Importance of Being Earnest, featuring the famous review by George Bernard Shaw and other comments from H. G. Wells, Hamilton Fyfe, and William Archer. In the section “Essays in Criticism,” seven diverse evaluations are included – six of which are new for the Second Edition – of Wilde and the performance by E. H. Mikhail, Burkhard Niederhoff, Christopher S. Nassaar, Clifton Snider, Brigitte Bastiat, Eibhear Walshe, and Maneck H. Daruwala. A timeline and selected bibliography are also included.
- Pages: 224
- Year of Publication: 0630
- Dimensions: 13.2x13.2cm
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- Oscar Wilde
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- WW Norton & Co
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- English
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