| Description |
xxii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Contents |
pt. 1. Context -- [ch]. 1. Biography and the art of lying / Merlin Holland -- [ch]. 2. Wilde and the Victorians / Regenia Gagnier -- [ch]. 3. Wilde and the dandyism of the senses / Stephen Calloway -- pt. 2. Wilde's works -- [ch]. 4. Wilde as poet / Karl Beckson and / Bobby Fong -- [ch]. 5. Wilde the journalist / John Stokes -- [ch]. 6. Wilde as critic and theorist / Lawrence Danson -- [ch]. 7. Wilde's fiction(s) / Jerusha McCormack -- [ch]. 8. Distance, death and desire in Salome / Joseph Donohue -- [ch]. 9. Wilde's comedies of society / Peter Raby -- [ch].10. The importance of being earnest / Russell Jackson -- pt. 3. Themes and influences -- [ch].11. A verdict of death : Oscar Wilde, actresses and Victorian women / Kerry Powell -- [ch]. 12. 'A complex multiform creature' : Wilde's sexual identities / Joseph Bristow -- [ch]. 13. Wilde's plays : some lines of influence / Richard Allen Cave -- [ch]. 14. Wilde on the stage / Joel Kaplan -- [ch]. 15. Oscar Wilde : the resurgence of lying / Declan Kiberd |
| Summary |
Introduction to one of the theatre's most important and enigmatic writers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-298) and indexes |
| Subject |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Raby, Peter.
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| LC no. |
96037705 |
| ISBN |
052147471X |
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0521479878 |
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9780521474719 |
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9780521479875 |
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