Oscar Wilde: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'

The truth is rarely pure, and never simple.' . . .in married life three is company and two is none.' Is this play a unique work of art' as Oscar Wilde believed? Or, as a first-night reviewer claimed in 1895, it represents nothing, means nothing, is nothing'? This is for you to decide. . . Cambridge Literature is a series of study texts which presents writing in the English-speaking world from the 16th century up to the present day. The series includes novels, drama, short stories, poetry, essays and other types of non-fiction. Each edition has the complete text with an appropriate glossary. The student will find in each volume a helpful introduction and a full section of resource notes encouraging active and imaginative study methods.

Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05/06/1999
Pages: 126
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9780521639521
ISBN10: 0521639522
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Study Aids | Book Notes
- Drama | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh