Introduction. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
Emily EELLS
"Sincere and Studied Triviality": The Importance of Being Earnest as an Aestheticist Comedy of Manners
PETRA DIERKES-THRUN
A Close Reading of The Importance of Being Earnest
Michael Patrick GILLESPIE
"He is the Very Pine-Apple of Politeness": Sheridan, Wilde and the English Comedy of the Manners
Richard A. KAYE
Wilde on Holiday: The Imitation of Englishness
Peter RABY
Jack and Algy in Wonderland
Christopher S. NASSAAR
Naming in Earnest
David Charles ROSE
Le Nom-du-Père, du fils, le (faux)-frère et autres concepts familiaux dans The Importance of Being Earnest
Marie-Noëlle ZEENDER
Catching Butterflies:
The Serious Aestheticism of The Importance of Being Earnest
Stefano EVANGELISTA
Répétitions et variations dans The Importance of Being Earnest
Gilbert PHAM-THANH
Vérité du paradoxe et obscénité du réel dans The Importance of Being Earnest
Jean-Jacques LECERCLE
The Importance of Being Playful
Virginie ICHE
The Importance of Being Earnest: Performance, Sincerity and Self-Creation
Sos ELTIS
The Importance of Being Earnest?: politique et poétique du corps
Xavier GIUDICELLI
Cherchez la tante: The Queerness of The Importance of Being Earnest
Nikolai ENDRES
Postmodern Earnest: Performing the Self
Kerry POWELL
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