Henry James, Oscar Wilde and aesthetic culture. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michèle Mendelssohn.
• Other Names: Mendelssohn, Michèle
• Contents: COPYRIGHT; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; INTRODUCTION; chapter 1 'I have asked Henry James not to bring his friend Oscar Wilde': Daisy Miller, Washington Square and the Politics of Transatlantic Aestheticism; chapter 2 The Gentle Art of Making Enemies and of remaking aestheticism; chapter 3 The school of the future as well as the present: Wilde's Impressions of James in Intentions and The Picture of Dorian Gray. chapter 4 '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 Domvillechapter 5 Despoiling Poynton: James, the Wilde Trials and Interior Decoration; chapter 6 'A nest of almost infant blackmailers': The End of Innocence in 'The Turn of the Screw' and De Profundis; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 813.4; Aestheticism (Literature); LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; Aestheticism (Literature); Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748697540; 0748697543
• Related ISBNs: 9780748623853; 074862385X; 9780748697533
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.