Famed as a wit and bon viveur, Oscar Wilde lived up to his reputation. This sele
ction of plays, poems and prose writings, introduced by Terry Eagleton, includes
"The Importance of Being Earnest", "Lady Windermere's Fan", "The Picture of Dor
ian Gray", "The Critic as an Artist", Apologia", "The Soul of a Man Under Social
ism", "Letter to Robert Ross", "Requiescat" and "The Ballad of Reading Goal". Te
rry Eagleton is the author of "Criticism and Ideology", "Marxism and Literary Cr
iticsm" and "Literary Theory: An Introduction".
