Preface to Oscar Wilde

List of contents

List of illustrations. List of abbreviations. Introduction. PART ONE: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT. Chronological tables. Family life: Lady Wilde and Mrs Oscar Wilde. Ireland. Homosexuality. The myth of Wilde. PART TWO: AESTHETIC AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. Lectures. Journalism. 'The Woman's World'. 'The Soul of Man Under Socialism'. Critical dialogues. Theatre practice and innovation.
PART THREE: CRITICAL SURVEY. Poetry: 'Poems' (1881); 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol'. Short fiction: 'The Happy Prince'; 'The House of Pomegranates'. Aesthetic criticism. Aesthetic prose: 'The Fisherman and his Soul'
Newspaper fiction: 'Lord Arthur Saville's Crime and Other Stories'. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. Salome, 'Salome', and symbolist theatre. The social comedies: 'Lady Windermeres's Fan'; 'A Woman of no Importance'; 'An Ideal Husband'; 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. Letters: 'De Profundis'; On prison reform. PART FOUR: REFERENCE SECTION. Wilde and his circle. A Wilde gazetteer. Short glossary of critical terms. Further reading
Index. List of Abbreviations

Summary

Anne Varty provides a detailed study of the cultural, personal and political influences that shaped Wilde's writing.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Varty, Varty Anne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138166592
• ISBN: 978-1-138-16659-2
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Preface Books; Preface Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form