{"product_id":"oscar-wilde-the-works-of-a-conformist-rebel-paperback-9780521176538","title":"Oscar Wilde; The Works of a Conformist Rebel (Paperback) 9780521176538","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOscar Wilde\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Works of a Conformist Rebel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Kohl's aim is to gain fresh insight into his literary and critical œuvre of Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNorbert Kohl (Author), David Henry Wilson (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521176538, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 3 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e450 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'Kohl's book is a long awaited basic work which gives optimal characterisation ... and never strays from its essential purpose of studying not the author's personality, but the individuality of his work.'   Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in English in 1989, from a 1980 German edition, this book provides a comprehensive study of Oscar Wilde's work. It aims to gain fresh insight into his literary and critical œuvre by fully analysing each of his works on the basis of a textually oriented interpretation, taking equal account of the biographical and intellectual contexts. Professor Kohl's starting-point is the thesis that Wilde's identity - both personal and artistic - can only be adequately described in terms of a conflict between two opposing forces: individualism and convention. This conflict colours not only Wilde's use of Romantic and Victorian images and motifs, but also his modern portrayal of the individual's alienation from society, the loss of transcendent values, the sovereignty of subjectivity and autonomous art, and also his formal experiments with language. This is a penetrating and highly readable account of Wilde as a 'conformist rebel'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Epigonic experiments: the early poems and plays\u003cbr\u003e 2. The selfish and the selfless: the fairy-tales and stories\u003cbr\u003e 3. Personality and perfection: the lectures, Reviews and Intentions\u003cbr\u003e 4. Authority and autonomy: The Soul Man under Socialism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Culture and corruption: The Picture of Dorian Gray\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sensuality and suggestion: Salome and The Sphinx\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pathos and paradox: Lady Windermere's Fan: A Woman of No Importance\u003cbr\u003e An Ideal Husband\u003cbr\u003e 8. Propriety and parody: The Importance of Being Earnest\u003cbr\u003e 9. Apologies and accusations: De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol\u003cbr\u003e 10. Plans, sketches and fragments\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004719747352,"sku":"9780521176538","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521176538i_14e0f707-652a-4049-9998-0cfa3d3b2d8f.jpg?v=1691373178","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/oscar-wilde-the-works-of-a-conformist-rebel-paperback-9780521176538","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}