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Plays, prose writings, and poems / Oscar Wilde.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Everyman's library ; 42Publication details: New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1991.Description: xxxvii, 678 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0679405836
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Contents:
The critic as artist : Part I-II -- The decay of lying -- The truth of masks -- The picture of Dorian Gray -- The portrait of Mr. W.H. -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- The soul of man under socialism -- Lady Windermere's fan -- The importance of being Earnest -- De Profundis -- Letter to Robert Ross, 31 May 1897 -- Apologia -- Requiescat -- The ballad of Reading Gaol.
Summary: Wilde lived out a conflict between his public identity and his private self; and this fissure between the two is interestingly typical of his age. Introduction by Terry Eagleton.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 822.8 W672 Available 33111005346644
Total holds: 0

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Introduction by Terry Eagleton
Oscar Wilde has been acknowledged as the wittiest writer in the English language. This collection proves that he was also one of the most versatile. Effortlessly achieved, each revealing a different aspect of his brilliance, all of the plays, prose writings, and poems gathered here support Wilde's belief that entertainment provides the best kind of edification. The works gathered here include Wilde's once-controversial and now classic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray , the riotously comic plays "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Lady Windermere's Fan," and the famous poem he wrote after being released from prison, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol." This expanded new edition now includes the complete version of Wilde's moving letter from prison, De Profundis, and his teasing parable about Shakespeare, "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." Other notable included writings are the semi-comic mystery story "Lord Arthur's Savile's Crime" and the essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism .

The critic as artist : Part I-II -- The decay of lying -- The truth of masks -- The picture of Dorian Gray -- The portrait of Mr. W.H. -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- The soul of man under socialism -- Lady Windermere's fan -- The importance of being Earnest -- De Profundis -- Letter to Robert Ross, 31 May 1897 -- Apologia -- Requiescat -- The ballad of Reading Gaol.

Wilde lived out a conflict between his public identity and his private self; and this fissure between the two is interestingly typical of his age. Introduction by Terry Eagleton.

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