Wilde the Irishman

by: Dr. Jerusha McCormack (Editor)

Publisher: Yale University Press

Publication Date: 1998/3/30

Language: English

Print Length: 224 pages

ISBN-10: 0300072961

ISBN-13: 9780300072969

Book Description

In this vigorous study, leading Irish literary and artistic figures--including Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney--examine the surprisingly neglected theme of the "Irishness" of Oscar Wilde. The book includes critical essays that explore how Wilde reflected the Irish tradition as well as creative responses to Wilde by poets, playwrights, sculptors, a short story writer, and an actor.

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In this vigorous study, leading Irish literary and artistic figures--including Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney--examine the surprisingly neglected theme of the "Irishness" of Oscar Wilde. The book includes critical essays that explore how Wilde reflected the Irish tradition as well as creative responses to Wilde by poets, playwrights, sculptors, a short story writer, and an actor.