Book Description
This volume of Poems and Poems in Prose inaugurates the Oxford English Texts Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, which will for the first time provide students of Wilde with scholarly and textually accurate texts of his complete oeuvre. In it, Bobby Fong and Karl Beckson provide reliable texts of all Wilde's poems and poems in prose, including 21 never published in his lifetime, together with information on the locations of extant manuscripts; bibliogaphical details of each poem's publishing history; commentaries that identify and clarify contexts and allusions to figures and events; and emendations and variant readings, in manuscripts and printed editions, which illuminate Wilde's craftsmanship in revising. The variety of poetic forms in Wilde's 199 poemsDSfrom his earliest known verse, written while a student at Oxford, to his final masterpiece, The Ballad of Reading GaolDSreveals a versatility and accomplishment that previously has often been overlooked. Many of the poems, most of which were written before Wilde achieved fame, express themes developed in his later work in prose and drama, pointing to a continuity now perceived by critics. This new edition includes an informative introduction by Ian Small, one of the general editors of the Complete Works, which provides the historical context for an understanding of Wilde's career, information about the conditions surrounding the publication of his poetry, and insight into the current resurgence of scholarly interest in the man and his writing. Publication of the Complete Works will confirm Wilde's centrality in the development of early Modernism towards the end of the nineteenth century.
About Author
Born in Ireland in 1856, Oscar Wilde was a noted essayist, playwright, fairy tale writer and poet, as well as an early leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His plays include: An Ideal Husband, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, and Lady Windermere's Fan. Among his best known stories are The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Canterville Ghost.
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尤金·奥尼尔(ELtgene O’Neill，1888—1953)是美国著名悲剧作家，是现代美国戏剧的奠基人和缔造者。他四次获得普利策戏剧奖，并于一九三六年荣膺诺贝尔文学奖，这使之跻身世界剧坛，并标志着美国戏剧的成熟。奥尼尔之所以受到世界剧坛的青睐，主要是由于他在悲剧创作方面取得的卓尔不群的成就。他是一位多产作家，孜孜不倦地笔耕，一共写了五十余部剧作，几乎全是悲剧，其写作题材之新颖、涉及的领域之广阔、揭示的哲理寓意之深邃，以及艺术风格之璀璨多彩，在美国戏剧史上是绝无仅有的。奥尼尔敢于独辟蹊径，善于博采众长，对戏剧艺术进行了大胆的实验和创新，从多种视角展示了他对人生真谛的探索和对戏剧艺术的执着追求，颇有超前意识。他的创作历程和成就为后人留下了宝贵的财富，为美国戏剧的发展做出了杰出的贡献，被评论家称为“美国的莎士比亚”是当之无愧的。

《等待戈多》写的是发生在两个黄昏的事情，但是没有什么情节可言。主角是两个流浪汉，背景是一片荒野，路旁只有一棵枯树，两个流浪汉就是树下等待着一个叫戈多的人。他们一面做着闻臭靴子之类的无聊动作，一面在语无论次地梦呓。最后有一个男孩来说戈多今晚不来了，第一幕就算结束。第二幕就是第一幕的重复，只是当知道戈多又不来的时候，他们就想上吊，结果裤带一拉就断，于是只能毫无希望地等待下去。
写于1948年的两幕剧《等待戈多》历来被认为是荒诞派戏剧的经典之作。

作者朱天文和侯孝贤等人一起，与台湾新电影时代的兴起密切相连，她是《悲情城市》、《恋恋风尘》、《好男好女》等电影的编剧。同时，朱天文还屡次捧得台湾文学大奖。
在《悲情城市》此书中，读者可对剧本一睹为快，并可以了解这些经典电影诞生的故事。