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An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

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Author Biography

Name: Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
Birth Date: October 16, 1854
Death Date: November 30, 1900
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: author, dramatist, poet

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Biography of Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
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The British author Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was part of the "art for art's sake" movement in English literature at the end of the 19th century. He is best known for his brilliant, witty comedies. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, I...
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Biography of Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Willis) Wilde
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Oscar Wilde as man and artist is a study of extremes and contradictions. He approached life empirically, as Walter Pater had taught him at Oxford, but the pupil determined to pursue sensation beyond art into life. Wilde insisted that the two greatest art...
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Biography of Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
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] Together with George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde transformed British drama in the late nineteenth century by expressing a new, "modern" sensibility. By the mid nineteenth century, the British theater, though rich in various theatrical forms, such as vers...
 


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An Ideal Husband Information
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the...


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Eclectic plays conclude Stratford season
8/20/2007: 1,210 words, approx. 4 pages
From Edward Albee to John Steinbeck. From Derek Walcott to Oscar Wilde. Then add David Edgar for good measure. Summer may be winding down, but the Stratford Festival of Canada isn't.The repertory theater, with 14 shows now on view, has opened a final, eclectic batch...


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Critical Essay by E. H. Mikhail
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In the following essay, Mikhail perceives An Ideal Husband as a reflection of Wilde's personal torment and a foreshadowing of the scandal that would ruin his career.
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Critical Review by Athenaeum
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In the following excerpted review, the anonymous critic offers a favorable assessment of An Ideal Husband.


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