El abanico de Lady Windermere; La importancia de llamarse Ernest

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

Con "El abanico de Lady Windermere" obtuvo Wilde su primer éxito teatral de público. La crítica fue más distante. Reconocía el ingenio de los diálogos, pero insistía en la poca originalidad de los motivos (el chantaje, el abanico comprometedor, la infidelidad conyugal). "La importancia de llamarse Ernest" pondría fin a la trivialidad de sus tramas. Empezando por el difícilmente traducible juego de palabras del título, Wilde consigue expresar en esta obra su visión del mundo en varios niveles: divirtiendo al público aristocrático y arreglándoselas para comunicar al espectador contemporáneo su credo individualista.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788437638539
Publisher:	Ediciones Cátedra
Publication date:	06/14/2018
Series:	Letras Universales
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	484 KB
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers. Imprisoned for two years for homosexual behavior, Wilde moved to France after his release, where he died destitute.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874