- 256 pages
- English
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Oscar Wilde and the Cultures of Childhood
About this book
This is the first collection of critical essays that explores Oscar Wilde's interest in children's culture, whether in relation to his famous fairy stories, his life as a caring father to two small boys, his place as a defender of children's rights within the prison system, his fascination with youthful beauty, and his theological contemplation of what it means to be a child in the eyes of God. The collection also examines the ways in which Wilde's worksânot just his fairy storiesâhave been adapted for young audiences.Â
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Table of contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Editor and Contributors
- List of Figures
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Oscar Wilde and the Cultures of Childhood
- Chapter 2 âPlay[ing] Narcissus to a Photographâ: Oscar Wilde and the Image of the Child
- Chapter 3 The Good Aesthetic Child and Deferred Aesthetic Education
- Chapter 4 Wildeâs Legacy: Fairy Tales, Laurence Housman, and the Expression of âBeautiful Untrue Thingsâ
- Chapter 5 Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Sharp, and the Politics of Dress and Decoration in the Fin-de-Siècle Fairy Tale
- Chapter 6 The Aesthetics of Altruism in Oscar Wildeâs Fairy Tales
- Chapter 7 Oscar Wildeâs Fairy Tales and the Evolution of Lying
- Chapter 8 The Young Know Everything: Oscar Wildeâs Fairy Tales as Childrenâs Literature
- Chapter 9 Greater Than the Mystery of Death: Rewriting Oscar Wilde for Young Audiences
- Bibliography
- Index
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