| Description |
xvi, 205 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198) and index. |
| Contents |
Oscar Wilde : the artist as Irishman / Declan Kiberd -- Story-teller at fault : Oscar Wilde and Irish orality / Deirdre Toomey -- Hunting out the fairies : E.F. Benson, Oscar Wilde and the burning of Bridget Cleary / Angela Bourke -- Impressions of an Irish sphinx / Owen Dudley Edwards -- Venus in blue jeans : Oscar Wilde, Jesse James, crime and fame / Fintan O'Toole -- Wilde Irishman : Oscar as aesthete and anarchist / Jerusha McCormack -- Wilde and Parnell / W.J. McCormack -- Journey to reading Gaol : sacrifice and scapegoats in Irish literature / Bernard O'Donoghue -- Against nature? science and Oscar Wilde / John Wilson Foster -- Quare on the square : a statue of Oscar Wilde for Dublin / Paula Murphy -- Spirit of play in De profundis / Frank McGuinness -- Ellmann's Wilde / Derek Mahon -- Acting Wilde / Alan Stansford -- Women of no importance : misogyny in the work of Oscar Wilde / Victoria White -- Secret fall of Constance Wilde (an excerpt from a new play) / Thomas Kilroy -- Bás Wilde mar a tharla (the real death of Oscar Wilde) / Gabriel Rosenstock -- Oscar Wilde dedication : Westminster Abbey, 14 February 1995 / Seamus Heaney. |
| Summary |
"In this vigorous study, seventeen leading Irish artists, critics, and cultural commentators explore the neglected theme of Wilde's Irishness."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Knowledge -- Ireland.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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National characteristics, Irish, in literature.
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Ireland -- In literature.
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| Added Author |
McCormack, Jerusha Hull.
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| ISBN |
0300072961 |
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9780300072969 |
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