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Plays of Oscar Wilde: Suggestions For Further Reading

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Wilde, Oscar

Wilde, Oscar
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Suggestions For Further Reading:

The reading of plays by Ibsen, Strindberg and Shaw as a contrast to
Wilde's work has been suggested. The plays of Congreve (especially Love for
Love and The Way of the World), the English dramatist most similar to Wilde in
style and purpose, also make interesting reading.

For those students who are interested in nineteenth-century English
society and its effect on literature, there are many avenues to explore. The
English novel is a treasure-trove. The novels of Charles Dickens show many
abuses of the time such as child ...

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