{"product_id":"9780713673517","title":"Woman of No Importance","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Mermaids\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWoman of No Importance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOscar Wilde | Ian Small | Ian Small\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eStaged in 1893, when Wilde had already achieved fame, wealth and\u003cbr\u003enotoriety, A Woman of No Importance was another attempt to fuse comedy\u003cbr\u003eof manners with high melodrama. Gerald Arbuthnot is a young man on the\u003cbr\u003emake, with an American heiress and the post of secretary to the\u003cbr\u003ebrilliant but dissolute Lord Illingworth within his reach. When he asks\u003cbr\u003ehis mother to celebrate with them, it turns out that Illingworth is\u003cbr\u003eGerald's father, who seduced and abandoned his mother twenty years\u003cbr\u003eearlier. Loyalty weighs heavier than ambition, and Gerald declines the\u003cbr\u003eassociation with Illingworth. This edition, which also analyses Wilde's\u003cbr\u003evarious drafts and revisions of the play, argues that the playwright\u003cbr\u003ehere continued to explore the rivalry between an older man and woman\u003cbr\u003efor the affection of a beautiful young man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 April 2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780713673517\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369840541836,"sku":"9780713673517","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0d560a75-3891-4619-b596-46f585b6d45c.jpg?v=1783880669","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780713673517","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}