| Oscar Wilde and the Simulacrum: The Truth of Masks Contributor(s): Whiteley, Giles (Author) |
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ISBN: 190966250X ISBN-13: 9781909662506 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.8" W x 9.8" (1.95 lbs) 372 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a philosophical context to show how Oscar Wilde broke from idealism, and challenges recent neo-historicist readings of Wilde which seem content to limit his irruptive power. It reads Wilde through Deleuze and postmodern philosophical commentary on the simulacrum. |