In this Book
- Oscar’s Shadow: Wilde, Homosexuality and Modern Ireland
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Cork University Press
summary
Oscar Wilde was the most famous gay Irishman and Oscar’s Shadow deals with Wilde and his homosexuality within the context of Ireland and of Irish cultural perceptions of his sexuality. The book investigates the questions: What was ‘Oscar’s shadow’, his influence on twentieth and twenty-first century Irish culture and literature? What has Oscar Wilde meant to Ireland from his disgrace in May 1895 up to the present?
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. ix-xi
- 2. Nationalising Wilde: 1900–1928
- pp. 17-30
- Notes and references
- pp. 123-136
- Bibliography
- pp. 137-142
Additional Information
ISBN
9781908634184
Related ISBN(s)
9781859184837
MARC Record
OCLC
794700743
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No