The importance of being earnest : a trivial comedy for serious people
著者
書誌事項
The importance of being earnest : a trivial comedy for serious people
（The new mermaids）
A & C Black , W.W. Norton, 1990, c1980
- : uk
- : us
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注記
Bibliography: p. [xlvii]-xlviii
First published in this form 1980 by Ernest Benn Limited
内容説明・目次
内容説明
'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People': its subtitle is the best summary of a play that is the theatrical equivalent of a butterfly. The verbal brilliance of its highly self-conscious characters hides deep anxieties about social and personal identity: Jack Worthing, found as a baby in a handbag at Victoria Station and named after a railway ticket, is prepared to be re-christened to obtain the Christian name - Earnest - his beloved Gwendolen requires in a husband; he then has to confront the stigma of being the illegitimate child of a servant, before fortune, and a benevolent dramatist, reveal his true and entirely respectable identity. This is the only one-volume edition of the play to include an appendix with earlier versions and additional scenes that allow an appreciation of Wilde's creative process.
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