Oscar Wilde: Myths, Miracles and Imitations [Hardcover]

John Stokes (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521475376 | ISBN-13: 978-0521475372 | Publication Date: March 29, 1996

Oscar Wilde was a major influence on the culture of his time, and remains relevant today, as a model of wit and style, a sexual icon, and a moral example. John Stokes shows how in the 1880s and 1890s Wilde played a vital part in the development of modern culture, inspiring others to carry his ideas on into the twentieth century. Stokes examines the evidence of diaries, letters, dramatizations of Wilde's plays and impersonations of the man himself, and discusses Wilde's relationship to fin-de-siècle and twentieth-century ideas.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Stokes's analysis is fascinating, in part because of its attention to what reviewers have said about ... Wildean revivals ... While adding to our knowledge of the context of Oscar Wilde, John Stokes provides further evidence of the variousness and complexity of Wilde himself. Oscar Wilde: Myths, Miracles and Imitations will complicate matters for those who would like to confine Wilde within the scope of a single-minded personality or politics'. New Theatre Quarterly

Book Description

Oscar Wilde was a major influence on the culture of his time, and remains relevant today, as a model of wit and style, a sexual icon, and a moral example. John Stokes shows how in the 1880s and 1890s Wilde played a vital part in the development of modern culture, inspiring others to carry his ideas on into the twentieth century. Stokes examines the evidence of diaries, letters, dramatisations of Wilde's plays and impersonations of the man himself, and discusses Wilde's relationship to fin-de-siècle and twentieth-century ideas.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 214 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (March 29, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521475376
• ISBN-13: 978-0521475372
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,045,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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