Name: An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised
SKU: 49468631
Price: 16.84 EUR
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Author: Oscar Wilde
ISBN: 9781408137208

portada An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised

An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised

Type

Physical Book

Author

Other

Publisher

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6x13x1.8 cm

Weight

0.16 kg.

ISBN13

9781408137208

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised"

One of the nineteenth century's most successful and most frequently revived plays, An Ideal Husband has divided critics more than any other of Wilde's plays. Treating political intrigue, financial fraud, blackmail, scandal and spin, and the role of women in public life, it is a play which engaged with issues of vital importance to its late-Victorian audience, which continue to resonate today. Sos Eltis, a specialist in Victorian drama and its relation to women's issues, provides a stimulating new perspective on An Ideal Husband, through an introduction that looks at its relation with contemporary social purity campaigns, women's rights, and political scandals. The introduction also gives a substantial performance history, with particular reference to the play's film versions and the influential Peter Hall theatre production.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde is considered one of the most prominent playwrights of late Victorian London. Additionally, he was a celebrity of the time due to his great and sharp wit. Today, he is remembered for his epigrams, his short stories, his plays, his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the tragedy of his imprisonment, followed by his premature death.

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