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Author:

Killeen, Jarlath, 1976-

Title:

The faiths of Oscar Wilde : Catholicism, folklore and Ireland / Jarlath Killeen.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xi, 228 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Religion.
Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Criticism and interpretation.
Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Homes and haunts--Ireland.
Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Folklore.--Folklore.
Christianity and literature--Ireland--History--19th century.
Literature and folklore--Ireland--History--19th century.
Catholics--Ireland--Intellectual life.
Christianity in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-221) and index.

Contents:

Child and man : the development of a Catholic mind -- Faith and reason : the Bible, the Catholic church and Wilde's scandalous writings -- Body and soul : nature, the host and folklore in The picture of Dorian Gray -- Religion and politics : Wilde's social philosophy -- Art and life : the politics of ritualism in The importance of being Earnest -- Realism and romance : between Protestantism and Catholicism in Wilde's final writings.

Series:

Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture

ISBN:

9781403948946
9781403948946 (hbk.)
1403948941 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60543165

LCCN:

2005047241

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)