{"product_id":"the-complete-works-of-oscar-josephine-m-guy-9780198870296","title":"The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume XI Plays 4: Vera; Or the Nihilist and Lady Windermere's Fan","description":"Volume IX in the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde brings together Wilde's first performed play, \u003cem\u003eVera; or, The Nihilist\u003c\/em\u003e, and his first West End success, \u003cem\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/em\u003e. Two texts are provided for each play: a reconstruction of the first performance text of each work, based on marked-up scripts that were used during rehearsals, and which are collated in the Textual Notes with all other extant versions (including manuscripts, typescripts, and where relevant, authoritative acting editions); as well as, for \u003cem\u003eVera\u003c\/em\u003e, a complete transcription of an early manuscript and manuscript fragment, and for \u003cem\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/em\u003e, a reproduction of the familiar 1893 Bodley Head 'reading text' of the play. Also provided are two lengthy Introductions to the plays describing the history of their composition, staging, reception and (where relevant) publication, and in which special attention is given to Wilde's relationships with the actor-managers who starred in and produced these works: Marie Prescott and George Alexander. Commentaries identify references, allusions, and possible source materials Wilde drew upon. A notable feature of the edition in this respect is the attention given to a range of contemporary Nihilist-themed works, fictional and non-fictional, to which Vera is compared, as well as to the intricate codes of contemporary etiquette, upon which much of the humour of \u003cem\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/em\u003e is reliant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josephine M. Guy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198870299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198870296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 2.10d","brand":"Josephine M. Guy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993625886975,"sku":"9780198870296","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36fa0dd6-99a3-46e2-9080-1cc4fece406e.jpg?v=1683325388","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-complete-works-of-oscar-josephine-m-guy-9780198870296","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}