| Description |
xii, 210 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Visions and revisions ; 7
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Visions and revisions ; 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index. |
| Contents |
Oscar Wilde: a chronology -- Introduction: Wilde's aphoristic imagination / Jarlath Killeen -- Oscar Wilde: fact and fictions of life / Noreen Doody -- 'Mixing memory and desire': the scandal of Oscar Wilde's neo-classical poetry / Florina Tufescu -- Oscar Wilde's short fiction: the hermeneutics of storytelling / Anne Markey -- From romanticism to fascism: the will to power in The picture of Dorian Gray / Michael Patrick Gillespie -- Oscar Wilde: the critic as dialectician / Bruce Bashford -- Performance and identity in the plays of Oscar Wilde / Sos Eltis -- Victorian or contemporary? Wilde and questions of heredity and inheritance / Anne Varty -- Oscar Wilde: caught in the Web / D.C. Rose. |
| Summary |
This collection of original articles on Oscar Wilde and his writings covers all aspects of his work, from his neglected poetry to his renowned The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. Taken as a whole, the book represents s balanced view of contemporary Wilde studies. |
| Subject |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Added Author |
Killeen, Jarlath, 1976-
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| ISBN |
9780716530749 hardback |
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0716530740 hardback |
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0716530759 paperback |
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9780716530756 paperback |
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