Oscar Wilde: Everyman's Poetry

Oscar Wilde: Everyman's Poetry
ISBN-10
1780223439
ISBN-13
9781780223438
Series
Oscar Wilde
Category
Poetry
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2012-04-26
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Author
Oscar Wilde

Description

Renowned for his wicked wit and bons mots, Wilde also had a deep understanding of the human condition - as revealed with moving simplicity in THE BALLARD OF READING GOAL.

Other editions

Similar books

  • Oscar Wilde
    By Philippe Jullian

    Oscar Wilde

  • Oscar Wilde
    By Richard Ellmann

    Winner of both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Oscar Wilde is the definitive biography of the tortured poet and playwright and the last book by renowned biographer and literary critic Richard Ellmann.

  • Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde
    By Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Wilde, glamorous and notorious, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers of his verse to meet an unknown and intimate figure.

  • The Essential Oscar Wilde
    By Oscar Wilde

    These works of poetry, fiction, drama, and prose encompass Wilde's entire career and they display his range of style and wit. Wilde is one of the most important writers in the history of the English language.

  • Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity
    By Kathleen Riley, Alastair Blanshard, Iarla Manny

    This volume explores the impact of the classical world on his life and work, offering new perspectives on canonical texts and close analyses of unpublished material."--

  • The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde: An Annotated Selection
    By Oscar Wilde

    Published here with facing-page annotations and an informative introduction by Nicholas Frankel, the stories pulse with Wilde's trademark wit, sharp social critique, and tragic love.

  • Oscar Wilde
    By Karl Beckson

    Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). British dramatist whose works and wit often attracted scandalized protest. Writings include: The Happy Prince, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest.

  • The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde
    By Peter Raby

    Introduction to one of the theatre's most important and enigmatic writers.

  • Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations
    By Oscar Wilde

    A Book of Quotations Oscar Wilde. I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously , and I live in terror of not being misunderstood . The Critic as Artist .

  • The Invention of Oscar Wilde
    By Nicholas Frankel

    Josephine M. Guy, 8 vol. IV of The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Oxford, 2007), p. 99. A book is 'a little non-signifying machine', ... Nicholas Frankel 10 11 (Cambridge, MA , 2011), p. 75, n. 20. Richard Ellmann, Oscar Wilde (New York ...