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Oscar Wilde and the poetics of ambiguity / Michael Patrick Gillespie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, ©1996.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 204 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0813019591
  • 9780813019598
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Oscar Wilde and the poetics of ambiguity.DDC classification:
  • 828/.809 20
LOC classification:
  • PR5827.A63 G55 1996eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The Insistence of Pluralism: Wilde, the Reader, and the Elements of Composition -- 1. "Tame Essence of Wilde": The Evolution of Wilde's Early Writings -- 2. Cultural and Aesthetic Responses in Wilde's Essays: Approaching The Picture of Dorian Gray -- 3. Picturing Dorian Gray: Resistant Readings in Wilde's Novel -- 4. The Force of Conformity: Plays of the Early Nineties -- 5. The Victorian Impulse in Contemporary Audiences: The Regularization of The Importance of Being Earnest -- 6. From Beau Brummell to Lady Bracknell: Re-viewing the Dandy in The Importance of Being Earnest -- 7. The Salome of Wilde and Beardsley: Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts -- 8. The Failure of Solipsism: Wilde's Late Work.
Summary: Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity presents an inclusive approach to Wilde criticism. It highlights the diversity in Wilde's writing, suggests strategies for reading, and leaves the reader to decide how best to apply them.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.

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The Insistence of Pluralism: Wilde, the Reader, and the Elements of Composition -- 1. "Tame Essence of Wilde": The Evolution of Wilde's Early Writings -- 2. Cultural and Aesthetic Responses in Wilde's Essays: Approaching The Picture of Dorian Gray -- 3. Picturing Dorian Gray: Resistant Readings in Wilde's Novel -- 4. The Force of Conformity: Plays of the Early Nineties -- 5. The Victorian Impulse in Contemporary Audiences: The Regularization of The Importance of Being Earnest -- 6. From Beau Brummell to Lady Bracknell: Re-viewing the Dandy in The Importance of Being Earnest -- 7. The Salome of Wilde and Beardsley: Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts -- 8. The Failure of Solipsism: Wilde's Late Work.

Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity presents an inclusive approach to Wilde criticism. It highlights the diversity in Wilde's writing, suggests strategies for reading, and leaves the reader to decide how best to apply them.

English.

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