The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
I don’t think there’s much I have to say about this that hasn’t been said. Like, gee, did you know Wilde was really witty and satirical? I know, it shocked me too… But in all seriousness, even reading this rather than seeing it performed, it has a wonderful flow and wit, and it’s really funny. I don’t normally have much patience with plays, because they’re so much flatter on the page, and you don’t get the fun of watching actors/directors interpreting them, but I really enjoyed this anyway.
And yes, yes, I know; it’s disgraceful I have two English Lit degrees and this is the first time I’ve ever read The Importance of Being Earnest. I can only say that Wilde was a bit too recent for me…
Rating: 4/5
I love Wilde. This one is so funny, but I particularly enjoyed his fairy tales and Dorian Gray, of course. Beautiful stuff.
Yeah, he was veeeery good.
My mom likes to make the same joke (authors like Wilde being a bit too recent) as she’s a Renaissance Lit PhD. I do want to make sure that you are aware that Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman almost assuredly had sex, though. Because these kinds of things are important.
http://the-toast.net/2013/09/17/oscar-wilde-and-walt-whitman-did-it/
Awww, I’m not alone! Although I was always more a medievalist.
Huh!