Oscar Wilde's Profession - Writing and the Culture Industry in the Late Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)

A materialist account of Wilde's writing career, based on publishing contracts and other documentation as well as detailed evidence of how he composed, this book argues that Wilde was not driven by an oppositional politics, nor was he an aesthetic 'purist'. Rather, he was thoroughly immersed in the contemporary 'commodification of culture' in which books became product. His writing practices, including his 'plagiarism', reflected the pragmatism of a professional.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2000
First published:	February 2001
Authors:	Josephine M. Guy (Senior Lecturer in the School of English) • Ian Small (Professor of English Literature)
Dimensions:	224 x 146 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-818728-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	0-19-818728-9
Barcode:	9780198187288

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