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Oscar Wilde's Women

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Great Writers Inspire
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Sophie Duncan introduces Oscar Wilde by setting him in an accurate historical context.
She then moves on to consider the revolutionary aspects of his four plays Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance and The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Series
Great Writers Inspire
People
Sophie Duncan
Keywords
#greatwriters
women in performance
Lady Windermere's Fan
The Importance of Being Earnest
drama
Victorian
Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance
An Ideal Husband
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 19/09/2012
Duration: 00:16:24

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