| The Picture of Dorian Gray Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author), Gillespie, Michael Patrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393927547 ISBN-13: 9780393927542 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| LCCN: 2006046642 |
| Series: Norton Critical Editions |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.09" W x 8.38" (1.14 lbs) 517 pages |
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| Quiz #: 8668 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
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Contributor Bio(s): Wilde, Oscar: - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Wilde studied at Trinity College in Dublin and at Magdalen College in Oxford, England, before settling down in London and having a long, successful career as a poet, playwright, and author. Wilde is best known for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and for his satirical play The Importance of Being Earnest.Gillespie, Michael Patrick: - Michael Patrick Gillespie is Professor of English at Florida International University. He is the author of Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity, Branding Oscar Wilde, The Aesthetics of Chaos: Nonlinear Thinking and Contemporary Literary Criticism, Inverted Volumes Improperly Arranged: James Joyce and His Trieste Library, Reading the Book Himself: Narrative Strategies in the Works of James Joyce, The Aesthetics of Chaos, The Myth of an Irish Cinema, James Joyce and the Exilic Imagination, Reading William Kennedy, and Film Appreciation through Genres. His other edited works include the Norton Critical Edition of The Importance of Being Earnest, James Joyce and the Fabrication of an Irish Identity, and Joyce through the Ages: A Non-Linear View. |