Wilde discoveries : traditions, histories, archives / edited by Joseph Bristow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bristow, Joseph, editor.

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, issuing body.

University of California, Los Angeles. Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies, issuing body.

Series:

UCLA Clark Memorial Library series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900--Criticism and interpretation.

Wilde, Oscar.

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the UCLA Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2013.

Summary:

The most significant resource for any researcher wishing to understand the finer details of Oscar Wilde’s remarkable career, the "Oscar Wilde and His Circle" archive at the University of California, Los Angeles houses the world's largest collection of materials relating to the life and work of the gifted Irish writer. Wilde Discoveries brings together thirteen studies based on research done in this archive that span the course of Wilde's work and shed light on previously neglected aspects of Wilde's lively and varied professional and personal life. This volume offers fresh approaches to well-known works such as 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' while paying serious attention to his lesser known writings and activities, including his earliest attempts at emulating the English Romantics, his editing of 'Woman's World', and his fascination with anarchism. A detailed introduction by the volume editor ties the essays together and illustrates the distinctive evolution of research on this great writer's extraordinary career.

Contents:

Part 1 Romanticism, Nihilism, and Revivalism: Oscar Wilde, 1874-1882

1 Oscar Wilde and the Importance of Being Romantic / Chris Foss Foss, Chris 43

2 Reconsidering Wilde's Vera; or, The Nihilists / Elizabeth Carolyn Miller Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn 65

3 Misrecognising Wilde: Media and Performance on the American Tour of 1882 / Gregory Castle Castle, Gregory 85

Part 2 Journalism: Oscar Wilde and The Woman's World, 1887-1889

4 The Aesthetic Character of Oscar Wilde's The Woman's World / Molly Youngkin Youngkin, Molly 121

5 Oscar Wilde, Aesthetic Dress, and the Modern Woman: Or Why Sargent's Portrait of Ellen Terry Appeared in The Woman's World / Loretta Clayton Clayton, Loretta 143

Part 3 Faith, Belief, and Fiction: Oscar Wilde, 1889-1891

6 Sexual Gnosticism: The Procreative Code of "The Portrait of Mr. W.H." / James Campbell Campbell, James 169

7 Reading and Re-reading: Wilde, Newman, and the Fiction of Belief / Rachel Ablow Ablow, Rachel 190

8 Oscar Wilde's Poetic Injustice in The Picture of Dorian Gray / Neil Hultgren Hultgren, Neil 212

Part 4 Translation, Performance, and Fashion: Oscar Wilde and the Stage

9 Wilde's French / William A. Cohen Cohen, William A. 233

10 Fashioning the Modern Woman's Sexual Turn from Salome to Ulysses, 1892-1922 / Lois Cucullu Cucullu, Lois 260

11 Oscar Wilde's Anadoodlegram: A Genetic, Performative Reading of An Ideal Husband / John Paul Riquelme Riquelme, John Paul 289

12 Transgressive Props; or Oscar Wilde's E(a)rnest Signifier / Felicia J. Ruff Ruff, Felicia J. 315

Part 5 Modem Quests for Oscar Wilde

13 Christopher Millard's Mysterious Book: Oscar Wilde, Baron Corvo, and the Unwritten Quest / Ellen Crowell Crowell, Ellen 343.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442646445

1442646446

OCLC:

824604925