{"product_id":"the-best-of-oscar-wilde-selected-plays-and-literary-criticism-paperback","title":"The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Literary Criticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSylvan Barnet\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOscar 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to Wilde's five major plays, this Signet Classics edition contains: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Two interviews with the playwright at the peak of his career, in which Wilde discusses his work--and his critics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- An appendix that restores valuable lines that appeared in the original text of \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an Introduction by Sylvan Barnet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand a New Afterword by Marylu Hill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Dublin, Ireland, on October 16, 1854. He was an outstanding student of classics at Trinity College, and, in 1874, entered Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize with his poem \"Ravenna\" (1878). An early leader of the \"Aesthetic Movement,\" which advanced the concept of \"Art for Art's Sake,\" Wilde became a prominent personality in literary and social circles. His volume of fairy tales, \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Prince and Other Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (1888) was followed by \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray \u003c\/i\u003e(1891) and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Pomegranates \u003c\/i\u003e(1892). However, it was not until his play \u003ci\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/i\u003e (1892) was presented to the public that he became widely famous. \u003ci\u003eA Woman of No Importance \u003c\/i\u003e(1893) and \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest \u003c\/i\u003e(1895) confirmed his stature as a dramatist. In 1895 he brought libel action against the Marquis of Queensbury; revelations at the trial about his relationships led to his being sentenced under the Criminal Law Amendment for homosexual acts. Upon his release in 1897, he settled on the Continent, where he wrote his most powerful and enduring poem, \"The Ballad of Reading Gaol\" (1898). Oscar Wilde died in Paris on November 30, 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvan Barnet\u003c\/b\u003e, who received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, is professor of English at Tufts University, specializing in English drama. He is the General Editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series and the author or coauthor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eTypes of Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, 8th edition, and \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, 13th edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarylu Hill\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director of the Center for Liberal Education at Villanova University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMothering Modernity: Feminism, Modernism, and the Maternal Muse\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and coeditor (with Paul Kerry) of \u003ci\u003eThomas Carlyle Resartus \u003c\/i\u003e(2010). She has published numerous essays on Victorian subjects, including Thomas Carlyle, Christina Rossetti, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Her current book project is on Oscar Wilde and Platonic dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.5 x 4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756020793632,"sku":"9780451532220","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0479a5093f2176c36dfc9aa10b271891.webp?v=1780072796","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-best-of-oscar-wilde-selected-plays-and-literary-criticism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}