The Annotated Importance of Being Earnest

“[This] edition admirably achieves its stated aim to enlarge the understanding and pleasure of readers and students of Wilde’s most perfect, most studied, and most frequently performed play.”—John Sloan, The Wildean

“Frankel’s command of all the relevant materials—textual, literary-critical, historical, biographical—is impressive, and he puts that knowledge to splendid use in The Annotated Importance of Being Earnest.”—Stephen Arata, University of Virginia

“An excellent edition with new insights and superb annotations that continues Frankel’s lively and important work on Wilde.”—Linda Peterson, Yale University