Aesthetics of Self-Invention: Oscar Wilde to David Bowie

by Shelton Waldrep

Traces the influence of Oscar Wilde as the precursor of twentieth-century artists of self-performance

By printing the title "Professor of Aesthetics" on his visiting cards, Oscar Wilde announced yet another transformation--and perhaps the most significant of his career, proclaiming his belief that he could redesign not just his image but his very self. Shelton Waldrep explores the cultural influences at play in Wilde's life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816634181
• ISBN13: 9780816634187
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"