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Wilde, comedies : a casebook / edited by William Tydeman.

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TextPublication details: London ; Macmillan, 1982Description: 187 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0333273222 ; 0-333-27323-0DDC classification: 822.8

Contents:

Part One: Creation and Reception 1 Lady Windermere's Fan (1891-93) 2 A Woman of No Importance (1892-93) * 3 An Ideal Husband (1894-95) 4 The Importance of Being Earnest (1894-1900) Part Two: Contemporary Reviews 1 On Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) Sunday Times, p. 47 - Daily Telegraph, p. 48 - WILLIAM ARCHER, p. 49. 2 On A Woman of No Importance (1893) Daily News, p. 51 — Sunday Times, p. 52 — Observer, p. 52 — WILLIAM ARCHER, p. 53 - W. MOY THOMAS, p. 57. 3 On An Ideal Husband (1895) Morning Advertiser, p. 59 - Morning Post, p. 60 - Sketch, p. 60. 4 On The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) The Times, p. 62 - Daily Telegraph, p. 63 - Daily Graphic, p. 63 - Observer, p. 65 - WILLIAM ARCHER, p. 66. MAX BEERBOHM (1900, 1904, 1909), p. 69 - J.T. GREIN (1901), p. 74 - 'LEONARD CRESSWELL INGLEBY', (1907), p. 75 - ARCHIBALD HENDERSON (1907), p. 78 - C.E. MONTAGUE (1908), pp. 80 - ST JOHN HANKIN (1908), pp. 85 - P.P. HOWE (1911), p. 90 - ARTHUR RANSOME( 1912), p. 91 - A.B. VVALKLEV (1923), p. 95 - JOHN DRINKWATER (1923), p. 97 - ASHLEY DUKES (1923), pp. 99 - VINCENT O'SULLIVAN (1936), pp. 99 - ERIC BE.NTLEY (1946), pp. 102 - A.E. DYSON (1965), pp. 105 - JOHN RUSSELL TAYLOR (1967), pp. 107. Part Four: Modem Critical Studies IAN GREGOR: Comedy and Oscar Wilde (1966) ARTHUR GANZ: The Divided Self in the Society Comedies of Oscar Wilde (1960) RODNEY SHEWAN: Lady Windermere's Fan — The Critic as Dramatist (1977) CHRISTOPHER NASSAAR: On A Woman ofNo Importance (1974) OTTO REINERT: Satiric Strategy in Tke Importance of Being Earnest (1956) RICHARD FOSTER: Wilde as Parodist - A Second Look at The Importance of Being Earnest (1956) DAVID PARKER: Oscar Wilde's Great Farce (1974)

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Contains essays on the plays: Lady Windermere's fan, A woman of no importance, An ideal husband and The importance of being Earnest.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 180-181.

Part One: Creation and Reception
1 Lady Windermere's Fan (1891-93)
2 A Woman of No Importance (1892-93) *
3 An Ideal Husband (1894-95)
4 The Importance of Being Earnest (1894-1900)
Part Two: Contemporary Reviews
1 On Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
Sunday Times, p. 47 - Daily Telegraph, p. 48 - WILLIAM ARCHER,
p. 49.
2 On A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Daily News, p. 51 — Sunday Times, p. 52 — Observer, p. 52 —
WILLIAM ARCHER, p. 53 - W. MOY THOMAS, p. 57.
3 On An Ideal Husband (1895)
Morning Advertiser, p. 59 - Morning Post, p. 60 - Sketch, p. 60.
4 On The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
The Times, p. 62 - Daily Telegraph, p. 63 - Daily Graphic, p. 63 -
Observer, p. 65 - WILLIAM ARCHER, p. 66.
MAX BEERBOHM (1900, 1904, 1909), p. 69 - J.T. GREIN (1901),
p. 74 - 'LEONARD CRESSWELL INGLEBY', (1907), p. 75 -
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON (1907), p. 78 - C.E. MONTAGUE (1908),
pp. 80 - ST JOHN HANKIN (1908), pp. 85 - P.P. HOWE (1911),
p. 90 - ARTHUR RANSOME( 1912), p. 91 - A.B. VVALKLEV (1923),
p. 95 - JOHN DRINKWATER (1923), p. 97 - ASHLEY DUKES
(1923), pp. 99 - VINCENT O'SULLIVAN (1936), pp. 99 - ERIC
BE.NTLEY (1946), pp. 102 - A.E. DYSON (1965), pp. 105 - JOHN
RUSSELL TAYLOR (1967), pp. 107.
Part Four: Modem Critical Studies
IAN GREGOR: Comedy and Oscar Wilde (1966)
ARTHUR GANZ: The Divided Self in the Society
Comedies of Oscar Wilde (1960)
RODNEY SHEWAN: Lady Windermere's Fan —
The Critic as Dramatist (1977)
CHRISTOPHER NASSAAR: On A Woman ofNo Importance
(1974)
OTTO REINERT: Satiric Strategy in Tke Importance of
Being Earnest (1956)
RICHARD FOSTER: Wilde as Parodist - A Second Look
at The Importance of Being Earnest (1956)
DAVID PARKER: Oscar Wilde's Great Farce (1974)

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