A Woman of No Importance

Wilde, Oscar O'Flahertie Wills

Victorian Society Satire of Scandal, Motherhood, and Aristocratic Double Standards

9,10 €

ISBN: 9788027382057

Breite: 15,2 cm

Höhe: 22,9 cm

Gewicht: 120 g

Produktinformationen "A Woman of No Importance"

A Woman of No Importance is one of Oscar Wilde's most incisive society comedies, first staged in 1893, and it turns the glittering drawing rooms of the English upper class into a theatre of moral exposure. Beneath its epigrams and polished paradoxes lies a serious critique of gendered hypocrisy: the "fallen" woman is condemned, while the predatory man remains socially unscathed. Wilde's style is characteristically urbane, aphoristic, and theatrically poised, yet the play belongs also to the late-Victorian problem drama, where wit becomes a vehicle for ethical discomfort. Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, Irish-born classicist, aesthete, critic, and dramatist, understood both the seductions and cruelties of fashionable society. His own fascination with performance, reputation, beauty, and social masks informs the play's structure and dialogue. Writing at the height of his theatrical success, Wilde used comedy not merely to entertain but to reveal how manners can conceal injustice and how public morality often depends upon private evasions. This play is recommended for readers interested in Victorian literature, feminist critique, and the art of dramatic wit. It rewards attention both as a sparkling comedy of manners and as a sharp indictment of social double standards.

Eigenschaften "A Woman of No Importance"

Format:	Taschenbuch / Softcover
Thema/BIC:	Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher
Verlag:	e-artnow

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