Oscar Wilde: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' - Making fun by Bernadette Wonner

By Bernadette Wonner

Seminar paper from the 12 months 2003 within the topic English Language and Literature reviews - Literature, grade: 1 (A), LMU Munich (Anglistics), path: complex Seminar Literature reviews, 15 entries within the bibliography, language: English, summary: Die Arbeit untersucht, inwieweit Oscar Wildes Stück die Werte des Viktorianischen Zeitalters satirisch beleuchtet und dabei auch mit den damals gängigen dramatischen Konventionen bricht.

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