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An Ideal Husband (Warbler Classics)

An Ideal Husband (Warbler Classics) - Paperback

by Oscar Wilde
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Availability:In StockContributor:Oscar Wilde, Ulrich BaerPublish date:2021-07-04Pages:140
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Warbler ClassicsISBN-13:9781954525535ISBN-10:1954525532UPC:9781954525535Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:EuropeanBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.33 inchesWeight:0.37Product ID:SCF0JMSR9M

Oscar Wilde's social comedy, An Ideal Husband, has charmed and challenged audiences since its glamorous London opening in 1895, which the Prince of Wales attended. When a prominent politician is blackmailed over a youthful indiscretion, society is forced to examine whether idealized notions of goodness and morality serve to uphold society or become tools of destruction. In the context of contemporary quests to grapple with the past honestly, Wilde's sparkling and profound play is unparalleled in beckoning us to love the world "in all its tainted glory." This Warbler Classics edition includes an afterword by Ulrich Baer and George Bernard Shaw's review of the original stage production.


Languages:EnglishPublisher:Warbler ClassicsISBN-13:9781954525535ISBN-10:1954525532UPC:9781954525535Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:EuropeanBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.33 inchesWeight:0.37Product ID:SCF0JMSR9M
Wilde, Oscar: - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, poet, and novelist, known for his biting wit, defense of aesthetics, and defiance of social conventions. The author of celebrated comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and the iconic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, at the height of his fame he was sentenced to two years' hard labor for gross indecency with men. He died penniless in Paris three years after his release from prison. He ranks among the most celebrated writers in English literature.Baer, Ulrich: - Ulrich Baer holds degrees from Harvard and Yale, has been awarded Guggenheim, Getty, and Humboldt fellowships, and is University Professor at New York University. He has authored books on poetry, September 11, photography, free speech, a novel, and a collection of short stories, and, in the Warbler Press Contemplations series: Dickinson on Love, Nietzsche on Love, Rilke on Love, and Wilde on Love.
Publisher: Warbler Classics

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Oscar Wilde, Ulrich Baer

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Oscar Wilde

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