Alexandra Kienzl

Broschiertes Buch

A Wild(e) Society

Class and Gender in Oscar Wilde's Comedies

Beschreibung

Oscar Wilde (1854 -1900) is mainly known for hisonly novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". His so-called society comedies are often not taken intoconsideration when his importance as a writer isdiscussed. Nevertheless, "Lady Windermere's Fan"(1892), "A Woman of No Importance" (1893) and "AnIdealHusband" (1895) were quite successful on stage andare still good box office when put on today.But did Oscar Wilde really use his society comediesas a means of social criticism? And if so, what didthis criticism consist of and whom was it directedat?

Autor

Alexandra Kienzl ( 1979) studied English, American and Germanliterature at the University of Innsbruck and the CentralUniversity of England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 7mm x 150mm x 220mm
• Gewicht: 180g
• ISBN-13: 9783639078084
• ISBN-10: 363907808X
• Artikelnr.: 24925528