{"product_id":"9781411431928","title":"The Collected Oscar Wilde (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collected Oscar Wilde\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA renowned eccentric, dandy, and man-about-town, \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e was foremost a dazzling wit and dramatic genius whose plays, poems, essays, and fiction contain some of the most frequently quoted quips and passages in the English language.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis volume features a wide selection of Wilde’s literary output, including the comic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e, an immensely popular play filled with satiric epigrams that mercilessly expose Victorian hypocrisy; \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of Mr. W. H.\u003c\/i\u003e, a story proposing that Shakespeare’s sonnets were inspired by the poet’s love for a young man; \u003ci\u003eThe House of Pomegranates\u003c\/i\u003e, the author’s collection of fairy tales; lectures Wilde delivered, first in the United States, where he exhorted his audiences to love beauty and art, and then in England, where he presented his impressions of America; his two major literary-theoretical works, “The Decay of Lying” and “The Critic as Artist”; and a selection of verse, including his great poem \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Reading Gaol\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Wilde famously declared that “each man kills the thing he loves.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA testament to Wilde’s incredible versatility, this collection displays his legendary wit, brilliant use of language, and penetrating insight into the human condition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngus Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, City University of New York, and the author of \u003ci\u003eAllegory: The Theory of a Symbolic Mode, Colors of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA New Theory for American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138224799984,"sku":"9781411431928","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411431928_p0.jpg?v=1763722013","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411431928","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}