Oscar Wilde

by John Stokes

Book Overview

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. In a sequence of detailed and imaginative chapters on Wilde and his times, 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 offers studies of Wilde's place in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582012775
• ISBN13: 9780582012776
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 56 Pages