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Part2SelectedReadingsofEnglishDrama2-5OscarWilde(1854—1900):TheImportanceofBeingEarnest

2-5OscarWilde(1854—1900)OscarWildewasanAnglo-Irishplaywright,novelist,poet,andcritic.HeisregardedasoneofthegreatestplaywrightsoftheVictorianEra.WildewasaproponentoftheAestheticMovement,whichemphasizedaestheticvaluesmorethanmoralorsocialthemes.Thisdoctrineismostclearlysummarizedinthephrase“artforart’ssake”.OscarWildewasbornonOctober16,1854,inDublin,Ireland,thesecondofthreechildrenbo