This is a short, readable introduction to Oscar Wilde's life, work
and afterlife. Oscar Wilde's reputation has shifted dramatically
during the twentieth century from outcast in the wake of his trials
for homosexual offences, to martyr to the gay cause in the 1980s
and 90s, to important figure in the history of writing in English.
Ruth Robbins introduces Wilde through a focus on his manipulations
of genre and sets Wilde's life and work in its literary and
cultural context, including the history of Victorian drama; the
contexts of criticism in the period; poetry as post-romantic and
pre-modernist mode of expression; the uses and subversions of
fictional forms in his work; and his subversion of the
autobiographical mode in his prison letter "De Profundis". This
comprehensive and readable introduction offers readers and students
a lively and informative guide to Wilde's significance in the
context of his own time and his extensive afterlife in literature,
criticism and popular culture. It offers concise, accessible
introductions to major writers focusing equally on their life and
works. Written in a lively style to appeal to both students and
readers, books in the series are ideal guides to authors and their
writing.
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