TY - BOOK N2 - Oscar Wilde's reputation has shifted dramatically during the twentieth century from outcast in the wake of his trials for homosexual offences, to martyr to the gay cause in the 1980s and '90s, to important figure in the history of writing in English. Ruth Robbins introduces Wilde through a focus on his manipulations of genre and sets Wilde's life and work in its literary and cultural context. AB - Oscar Wilde's reputation has shifted dramatically during the twentieth century from outcast in the wake of his trials for homosexual offences, to martyr to the gay cause in the 1980s and '90s, to important figure in the history of writing in English. Ruth Robbins introduces Wilde through a focus on his manipulations of genre and sets Wilde's life and work in its literary and cultural context. T1 - Oscar Wilde / DA - c2011. CY - London ; CY - New York : AU - Robbins, Ruth, CN - PR5824 CN - PR5824 PB - Continuum, PP - London ; PP - New York : PY - c2011. ID - 436562 KW - Authors, Irish SN - 9780826498519 SN - 0826498515 SN - 9780826498526 SN - 0826498523 TI - Oscar Wilde / ER -