The Importance of Being Earnest: Revised Edition / Edition 2

by Oscar Wilde, Francesca Coppa

Overview

The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the most enduringly popular of British comic dramas, and a mainstay of English literature and drama courses at college and university level. This is an ideal edition for students with on-page notes to help clarify meaning, and a completely new introduction. In the new introduction, Francesca Coppa explores recent critical approaches to the play, including queer and postcolonial readings, as well as giving the context in which the play was written and how it relates to Wilde's personal life and public persona. The introduction also discusses the play's stage history, providing students with an ideal overview of the play and its resonances for contemporary audiences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472585202
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/19/2015
Series:	New Mermaids
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Francesca Coppa is Professor of English,Muhlenberg College, USA

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874

Table of Contents

Introduction
Bibliography
The Importance of Being Earnest