Oscar Wilde's society plays. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Y. Bennett.
• Editors: Bennett, Michael Y, 1980-
• Contents: Wit in earnest: Wilde's Irish word-play / Jerusha McCormack -- The tragicomedies of Oscar Wilde: a Wilde response to melodrama / Michael Y. Bennett -- Oscar Wilde's unfinished society plays: Mr. and Mrs. Daventry, A Wife's Tragedy, and Love Is Law / Joseph Bristow -- Wilde's comedic takes on the new woman: a comparison with Ibsen and Shaw / Petra Dierkes-Thrun -- Three comedies and a funeral: the endgame of The Importance of Being Earnest / Melissa Knox -- Deconstructive strategies in Wilde's social comedies: from melodrama to deconstruction / Steven Price -- Earnest in name, but how earnest in manner?: acting in Wilde's comedy / Richard Allen Cave -- "Would you kindly inform me who I am?": Wilde's comedies of manners as tragedies / Helena Gurfinkel -- "You will call me sister, will you not?": friendship, solidarity, and conflict between women in Wilde's society plays / Helen Davies -- Modern ontologics and the Impotence of Being Earnest / S. I. Salamensky.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 212 pages)
• Subjects: 828/.809; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900; Theatre studies; Konversationsstück; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137410931; 1137410930; 9781137410948; 1137410949
• Related ISBNs: 9781349568277; 1349568279; 9781137410924
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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