Wilde's Wiles (PDF)

Wilde's Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century is a collection of essays which celebrates the diversity of Oscar Wilde's genius. This unique collection of scholarship explores not only his influence on a broad spectrum of subjects including: aesthetics, children's literature, women's issues, consumer economics, queer theory, politics, theater, film, poetry, Victorianism and other aspects of culture such as pedagogical approaches to Wilde's literature, but it also examines the influence of his family and friends on him. Wilde's Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century includes a wide range of approaches and concentrations written by international experts and has a broad spectrum of subjects which will appeal to a diversity of scholars seeking original and alternative approaches to understanding Oscar Wilde.The multiplicity of interest in the topic of Oscar Wilde expands across genres, disciplines, cultures and time, this being the second century of Wilde scholarship since his untimely death in November 1900 preceding the fin-de siecle. The unique, multi-discipline approach of Wilde's Wiles is organized in three sections: "e;Aesthetic Approaches,"e; "e;Friends and Family,"e; and "e;Performance and Pedagogy"e; and bridges philosophical, sociological, psychological, economic and literary disciplines.