Oscar Wilde and Ancient Greece

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts
Cover of the book Oscar Wilde and Ancient Greece by Iain Ross, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Iain Ross ISBN: 9781139579506
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: October 18, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Iain Ross
ISBN: 9781139579506
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 18, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

From his boyhood Oscar Wilde was haunted by the literature and culture of ancient Greece, but until now no full-length study has considered in detail the texts, institutions and landscapes through which he imagined Greece. The archaeology of Celtic Ireland, explored by the young Wilde on excavations with his father, informed both his encounter with the archaeology of Greece and his conviction that Celt and Greek shared a hereditary aesthetic sensibility, while major works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest maintain a dynamic, creative relationship with originary texts such as Aristotle's Ethics, Plato's dialogues and the then lost comedies of Menander. Drawing on unpublished archival material, Oscar Wilde and Ancient Greece offers a new portrait of a writer whose work embodies both the late-nineteenth-century conflict between literary and material antiquity and his own contradictory impulses towards Hellenist form and the formlessness of desire.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

From his boyhood Oscar Wilde was haunted by the literature and culture of ancient Greece, but until now no full-length study has considered in detail the texts, institutions and landscapes through which he imagined Greece. The archaeology of Celtic Ireland, explored by the young Wilde on excavations with his father, informed both his encounter with the archaeology of Greece and his conviction that Celt and Greek shared a hereditary aesthetic sensibility, while major works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest maintain a dynamic, creative relationship with originary texts such as Aristotle's Ethics, Plato's dialogues and the then lost comedies of Menander. Drawing on unpublished archival material, Oscar Wilde and Ancient Greece offers a new portrait of a writer whose work embodies both the late-nineteenth-century conflict between literary and material antiquity and his own contradictory impulses towards Hellenist form and the formlessness of desire.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book An Introduction to Relativity by Iain Ross
Cover of the book Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy: Volume 1 by Iain Ross
Cover of the book Risk and Uncertainty Assessment for Natural Hazards by Iain Ross
Cover of the book Geometry, Topology, and Dynamics in Negative Curvature by Iain Ross
Cover of the book New Essays on John Clare by Iain Ross
Cover of the book Books for Children, Books for Adults by Iain Ross
Cover of the book The Hadal Zone by Iain Ross
Cover of the book The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Psychoanalysis by Iain Ross
Cover of the book Epicurus and the Epicurean Tradition by Iain Ross
Cover of the book Quantum Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers by Iain Ross
Cover of the book The Book of Revelation and Early Jewish Textual Culture by Iain Ross
Cover of the book Behavioural Neuroscience by Iain Ross
Cover of the book British Art and the First World War, 1914–1924 by Iain Ross
Cover of the book The Annals of Tacitus: Book 4 by Iain Ross
Cover of the book Peasants, Citizens and Soldiers by Iain Ross
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy