Norbert Kohl

Oscar Wilde

The Works of a Conformist Rebel

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Produktbeschreibung

Professor Kohl's aim is to gain fresh insight into his literary and critical Å uvre of Oscar Wilde. He analyses each of his works on the basis of a textually oriented interpretation, taking equal account of the biographical and intellectual contexts through the use of contradictions that Wilde show as individualism and convention.

Produktdetails

• European Studies in English Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9780521176538
• ISBN-10: 0521176530
• Artikelnr.: 32466824

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Epigonic experiments: the early poems and plays
2. The selfish and the selfless: the fairy-tales and stories
3. Personality and perfection: the lectures, Reviews and Intentions
4. Authority and autonomy: The Soul Man under Socialism
5. Culture and corruption: The Picture of Dorian Gray
6. Sensuality and suggestion: Salome and The Sphinx
7. Pathos and paradox: Lady Windermere's Fan: A Woman of No Importance
An Ideal Husband
8. Propriety and parody: The Importance of Being Earnest
9. Apologies and accusations: De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol
10. Plans, sketches and fragments
Conclusion
List of abbreviations
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.