Henry James, Oscar Wilde and aesthetic culture / [electronic resource]
Mendelssohn, Michèle,author.
Places a discussion of aestheticism in a transatlantic context  centred on two canonical Anglo-American authors: Henry James and Oscar Wilde.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-297) and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
'I have asked Henry James not to bring his friend Oscar Wilde': Daisy Miller, Washington Square and the politics of transatlantic aestheticism -- The gentle art of making enemies and of remaking aestheticism -- The school of the future as well as the present: Wilde's impressions of James in Intentions and The picture of Dorian Gray -- 'Wild thoughts and desire! Things I can't tell you--words I can't speak!': the drama of identity in The importance of being earnest and Guy Domville -- Despoiling Poynton: James, the Wilde trials and interior decoration -- 'A nest of almost infant blackmailers': the end of innocence in The turn of the screw and De profundis.
Places a discussion of aestheticism in a transatlantic context  centred on two canonical Anglo-American authors: Henry James and Oscar Wilde.
James, Henry, 1843-1916
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Aestheticism (Literature)