Oscar Wilde / Ruth Robbins.
Oscar Wilde / Ruth Robbins.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Continuum, c2011.
Call Numbers
N828.809/41
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 193 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents
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. Wel...
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Publisher
London ; New York : Continuum, c2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2011.
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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 a...
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Oscar Wilde / Ruth Robbins.
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Author / Creator
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General note
Writer's lives.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2011.
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N828.809/41
Record Identifier
74VvKN0Gomyg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvKN0Gomyg
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ISBN
0826498515 (hbk)
9780826498526 (pbk)
0826498523 (pbk)
9780826498519 (hbk)
DDC
828.809
MMS ID
991007879909702626
