Title
Oscar Wilde / Ruth Robbins.
ISBN
9780826498519
0826498515
9780826498526
0826498523
9781441146724 (electronic book)
Published
London ; New York : Continuum, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (106 pages).
Call Number
PR5824 .R57 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
828/.809
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Writers' lives (Continuum (Firm))
1. Introduction: Celebrity Wilde; 2. Poet, Poseur, Plagiarist: Allusion and Sincerity in Wilde's Poetry; 3. Short Fiction: Homage and Parody in Wilde's Short Stories; 4. Trials of Wit: Wilde's Essays; 5. Closets and Pictures: Disguise and Display in Dorian Gray and 'The Portrait of Mr W. H.'; 6. Well-Made and Un-Made Plays: Wilde's Theatre; 9. Out of the Depths: Wilde, De Profundis, Autobiography and Afterlife; Chronology of Wilde's Life and Times; Glossary of Keywords; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index.
