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Philosophy and Oscar Wilde
Abstract
This book is the first collection of essays to discuss Oscar Wilde's love and vast knowledge of philosophy. Over the past few decades, Oscar Wilde scholars have become increasingly aware of Wilde's love and intimate knowledge of philosophy. Wilde's "Oxford Notebooks' and his soon-to-be-published "Notebook on Philosophy" all point to Wilde not just as an aesthete, but also as a serious philosophical thinker. The aim of this collection is not to make the statement that Wilde was a philosopher, or that his works were philosophical tracts. Rather, it provides a space to explore any and all linkages between Wilde's works and philosophical thought. Addressing a broad spectrum of philosophical matter, from classical philology to Daoism, ethics to aestheticism, this collection enriches the literature on Wilde and philosophy alike.
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philosophy and Oscar Wilde
pp.E1-E1
a wilde mind
pp.1-5
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57958-4_1a truce with facts
pp.9-27
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57958-4_2Oscar Wilde on argument
pp.53-71
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57958-4_4as Daoist sage
pp.73-104
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57958-4_5Oscar Wilde's philosophy
pp.107-131
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57958-4_6pp.133-150
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57958-4_7"an ideal" versus "the ideal" husband
pp.151-165
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57958-4_8Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 2017
Pages: 194
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-137-57957-7
ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-57958-4
Full citation:
Bennett Michael Y. (2017) Philosophy and Oscar Wilde. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.