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WW Norton & Co The Importance of Being Earnest 2019 Edition by Oscar Wilde, Michael Patrick Gillespie
"Backgrounds" Includes Essays On Wilde And The 1890S By Prominent Cultural Critics Joseph Donohue, Regenia Gagnier, And Karl Beckson. "Reviews And Reactions" Collects Contemporary Responses To The Importance Of Being Earnest, Among Them George Bernard Shaw'S Famous Dissenting View And The American Assessment By H. F."Essays In Criticism" Includes Six Diverse Assessments Of Wilde And The Play By E. H. Mikhail, Camille Paglia, Christopher Craft, Michael Patrick Gillespie, Peter Raby, And Richard Haslam.A Chronology And Selected Bibliography Are Also Included.