{"product_id":"oscar-wilde-and-the-radical-deagl-n-donghaile-9781474459440","title":"Oscar Wilde and the Radical Politics of the Fin de Si鐵le","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores the influence of contemporary radicalism over Oscar Wilde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a new, politicised interpretation of Wilde's most famous literary works\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContextualises Wilde's writing by reading it against the contemporary political crises that it addressed \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on archival research, drawing on Wilde's correspondence, reviews, interviews, unpublished lectures and speeches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a theoretical approach to Wilde's subversive opinions on the problems posed by capitalism, property and empire, and how he consistently opposed the authority of the state in bourgeois-imperial Britain\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClarifies the relationship between Wilde's aestheticism, his anticolonial beliefs and his support for anarchism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book reads Oscar Wilde's literary texts in relation to his open support for revolutionaries, along with his expressions of solidarity with Irish republicans, anarchists, workers and migrants. Framing Wilde's literary writing in relation to his very active participation in the radical political culture of the fin de si鐵le, ﾓ Donghaile argues that, contrary to contemporary representations of Wilde as an effete and socially disengaged figure, his aesthetical radicalism was informed by and contributed to a broader set of progressive political initiatives being pursued at the end of the nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsisting of previously unpublished material, the book provides a politicised and historicised account of Wilde's key works by situating them within the framework of his very pronounced ideological commitment to these radical political causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deagl疣 ﾓ. Donghaile\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474459447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474459440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Deagl疣 ﾓ. Donghaile","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132161716479,"sku":"9781474459440","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_820ab1ba-8a01-41c0-adb6-e3b198e637b4.jpg?v=1687478590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oscar-wilde-and-the-radical-deagl-n-donghaile-9781474459440","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}