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The Importance of Being Ernest: A Reader's Companion (Twayne's Masterwork Studies) [Paperback]

Peter Raby (Author)
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  • Paperback: 117 pages
  • Publisher: Twayne Publishers (January 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0805785884
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805785883
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,985,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: The Importance of Being Ernest: A Reader's Companion (Twayne's Masterwork Studies) (Paperback)
Nobody seems to write about this comedy except elegantly and wittily. This is one of the best extended essays. An ideal companion to the Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations series selection on the masterpiece.

Chapter Headings (117 pages in all)
LITERARY AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
1 The Artist as Critic
2 The Triumph of the "Trivial"
3 Taking Wilde Seriously

A READING
4 The Genesis of the Play
5 A Question of Class
6 Names and Places
7 Characters
8 Structure and Style
9 Flux
10 The Afterlife of Earnest
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