Sylvan Barnet (Tufts U.) provides an informative introduction to this new collection of Wilde's still provocative major plays: The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of New Importance, Lady Windermere's Fan, and Salome. Also included are a Wilde chronology (1854-1900), some of his literary criticism, and lines restoring the original text of The Importance of Being Ernest. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR