Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) |
Series |
Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture |
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Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture
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Contents |
Child and man : the development of a Catholic mind -- Faith and reason : the Bible, the Catholic church and Wilde's scandalous writings -- Body and soul : nature, the host and folklore in The picture of Dorian Gray -- Religion and politics : Wilde's social philosophy -- Art and life : the politics of ritualism in The importance of being Earnest -- Realism and romance : between Protestantism and Catholicism in Wilde's final writings |
Summary |
This energetic and original book examines in detail the relationship between faith, theology, religious history and national politics in the major writings of Oscar Wilde. It focuses in particular on Wilde's lifelong attraction to Catholicism, an attraction originating in his time spent as a boy, in the West of Ireland. Killeen also closely examines the influence of Wilde's Protestant heritage on his work: his antagonism towards this heritage is closely related to the narrative modes he chose to work in, and the aesthetic philosophy he espoused. Overall, the book demonstrates how Wilde combined his religious leanings with a reconfiguration of Nationalism, while an Irish 'exile' in London. For Wilde, Catholicism and Irish Nationalism were inter-dependent projects that operated as the fields of force energising his writing. Providing an entirely fresh critical perspective on his writing, (including The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Importance of Being Earnest), this new study will be of interest to all students and scholars of Wilde |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-221) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Religion
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Homes and haunts -- Ireland
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Knowledge -- Folklore
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SUBJECT |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 fast |
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Christianity and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
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Literature and folklore -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
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Catholics -- Ireland -- Intellectual life
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Christianity in literature.
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
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Christianity.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature.
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Folklore
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Catholics -- Intellectual life
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Christianity and literature
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Christianity in literature
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Homes
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Literature and folklore
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Religion
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Ireland
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780230503557 |
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0230503551 |
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