Wilde Style: The Plays and Prose of Oscar Wilde

ISBN-13: 9781138167704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 152 str.

Neil Sammells

Opis

This new study of the major prose and plays of Oscar Wilde argues that his dominant aesthetic category is not art but style. It is this major emphasis on style and attitude which helps mark Wilde so graphically as our contemporary. Beginning with a survey of current Wilde criticism, the book demonstrates the way his own critical essays anticipate much contemporary cultural theory and inform his own practice as a writer.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Origin and Terminus  2. Theorizing Style: The Essays  3. Theory into Practice: Dorian Gray and Salome  4. Theory into Practice: The Society Comedies  5. From Baudelaire to Bowie  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Neil Sammells is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Provost) and Professor of English and Irish Literature at Bath Spa University, UK.