Wilde's Wiles : Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century.

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Table of contents; legend for cover images; preface; acknowledgements; part i -- aesthetic approaches; chapter one -- "well-dressed women do."; chapter two -- from wilde to oscar; chapter three -- the aesthete and his audience; part ii -- friends and family; chapter four -- oscar wilde, the aesthete; chapter five -- wilde's cosmopolitanism; chapter six -- wily william ; part iii -- performance and pedagogy; chapter seven -- the wilde legacy; chapter eight -- oscar wilde's salome and the queer space of the book; chapter nine -- ''no more delightful spirit''; chapter ten -- ""is he not solid gold?""

Contributors index.

Wilde's Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century is a collection of essays which celebrates the diversity of Oscar Wilde's genius. This unique collection of scholarship explores not only his influence on a broad spectrum of subjects including: aesthetics, children's literature, women's issues, consumer economics, queer theory, politics, theater, film, poetry, Victorianism and other aspects of culture such as pedagogical approaches ...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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