A map with utopia
Subtitle: Oscar Wilde's theory for social transformation
By: Jody Price.
Series: American university studies.; v. 162
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Political and social views.; Individualism in literature.; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Social problems in literature.
Description: Only recently has Oscar Wilde been perceived as a writer of tremendous sophistication and depth. Jody Price now contributes to the exciting new work being done on Wilde. She establishes a place for him as a determined social activist, who, throughout his literary life, was attempting to define a theory for social change that would create a society free of intolerance and inequality.

Price traces the growth of this philosophy through its fragmented appearance in his early writing to the coherent, carefully worked out maturity of his drama and prison literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-240) and index.