ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde is “a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Like Wilde’s other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oscar Wilde’s play A Woman of No Importance is a satire on English upper class morality and society’s double standards for women and men.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the action of A Woman of No Importance takes place at an English country house that is the home to an aristocratic woman known as Lady Jane Hunstanton. The majority of the characters in the play are guests of Lady Hunstanton who are joining her at her home for a series of festivities.

Detailed explanation-4: -"An Elegy for a Woman of No Importance” written by al Mala’ikah, is a poem that expresses sorrow for woman who leads a lonely life and has a lonely death. Although most elegies are usually about famous people, the author of this poem dealt with women who are obscure or little known.

Detailed explanation-5: -A Woman of No Importance is a 1921 British drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Milton Rosmer, Ward McAllister, Lillian Walker, and Henry Vibart. It is based on the play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde. It is not known whether the film currently survives, and it may be a lost film.