The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde | Resources

The Importance of Being Earnest Further Reading

Beckson, Karl, Editor. Oscar Wilde. The Critical Heritage, Routlege, 1970

Focusing on the years 1881 to 1927, this book offers particular msight into Wilde's theatrical writings.

Bnggs, Asa. The Age of Improvement, Longman, 1988 A readable, comprehensive history of the mid-Victo-nan years in England. Useful for understanding the nineteenth century generally, including social history.

Ellmann, Richard Oscar Wilde, 1988.

This is the standard literary biography of Wilde, providing a wealth of detail about his personal life as well as insight into the composition of his works.

Ellmann, Richard, Editor. Oscar Wilde. A Collection of Critical Essays, Prentice-Hall, 1969

Most helpful for exploring the thinking about Wilde by his contemporaries such as W. B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw.

Hobsbawm, Enc.The Age of Capital, 1848-1875, McKay, 1975.

Although this history concentrates on the middle of the nineteenth century, Hobsbawm usefully situates die roots...
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