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This book focuses on the role that the Oxford classical curriculum has had in shaping Oscar Wilde's aestheticism. It positions Wilde as a classically trained intellectual and outlines the path he took to gain recognition as a writer and promoter of the aesthetic movement. This narrative is conveyed through a broad range of literary sources, including Wilde's travel poetry, American lectures, and canonical works like 'The Critic as Artist', The Soul of Man, The Picture of Dorian Gray and De Profundis. This study proposes that Wilde approached aestheticism as a personalised, self-directed learning experience - a mode of self-culture - which could be used to maintain an intellectual life outside of the university. It also explores Wilde's thoughts on education and considers the significance of male friendship at Oxford, and in Wilde's life and literature.Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer Nature Switzerland A&G
ISBN-139783030143732
eBay Product ID (ePID)12046590358
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Book TitleOscar Wilde's Aesthetic Education: the Oxford Classical Curriculum
AuthorLeanne Grech
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature
Publication Year2019
Dimensions
Item Height210mm
Item Width148mm
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Title_AuthorLeanne Grech
Series TitlePalgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Country/Region of ManufactureSwitzerland