The Resource Oscar Wilde, Ruth Robbins
Oscar Wilde, Ruth Robbins
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The item Oscar Wilde, Ruth Robbins represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Oscar Wilde, Ruth Robbins represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 193 pages
- Contents
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- 1. Introduction: Celebrity Wilde; 2. Poet, Poseur, Plagiarist: Allusion and Sincerity in Wilde's Poetry; 3. Short Fiction: Homage and Parody in Wilde's Short Stories; 4. Trials of Wit: Wilde's Essays; 5. Closets and Pictures: Disguise and Display in Dorian Gray and 'The Portrait of Mr W. H.'; 6. Well-Made and Un-Made Plays: Wilde's Theatre; 9. Out of the Depths: Wilde, De Profundis, Autobiography and Afterlife; Chronology of Wilde's Life and Times; Glossary of Keywords; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index
- Isbn
- 9780826498526
- Label
- Oscar Wilde
- Title
- Oscar Wilde
- Statement of responsibility
- Ruth Robbins
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Robbins, Ruth
- Dewey number
- 828/.809
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR5824
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Writers' lives
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wilde, Oscar
- Authors, Irish
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Oscar Wilde, Ruth Robbins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Celebrity Wilde; 2. Poet, Poseur, Plagiarist: Allusion and Sincerity in Wilde's Poetry; 3. Short Fiction: Homage and Parody in Wilde's Short Stories; 4. Trials of Wit: Wilde's Essays; 5. Closets and Pictures: Disguise and Display in Dorian Gray and 'The Portrait of Mr W. H.'; 6. Well-Made and Un-Made Plays: Wilde's Theatre; 9. Out of the Depths: Wilde, De Profundis, Autobiography and Afterlife; Chronology of Wilde's Life and Times; Glossary of Keywords; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826498526
- Lccn
- 2011284592
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- Oscar Wilde, Ruth Robbins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Celebrity Wilde; 2. Poet, Poseur, Plagiarist: Allusion and Sincerity in Wilde's Poetry; 3. Short Fiction: Homage and Parody in Wilde's Short Stories; 4. Trials of Wit: Wilde's Essays; 5. Closets and Pictures: Disguise and Display in Dorian Gray and 'The Portrait of Mr W. H.'; 6. Well-Made and Un-Made Plays: Wilde's Theatre; 9. Out of the Depths: Wilde, De Profundis, Autobiography and Afterlife; Chronology of Wilde's Life and Times; Glossary of Keywords; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826498526
- Lccn
- 2011284592
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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