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List of illustrations and acknowledgements Notes on contributors Preface Chronology Part I. Context: 1. Biography and the art of lying Merlin Holland 2. Wilde and the Victorians Regenia Gagnier 3. Wilde and the Dandyism of the senses Stephen Calloway Part II. Wilde's Work: 4. Wilde as poet Karl Beckson and Bobby Fong 5. Wilde the journalist John Stokes 6. Wilde as critic and theorist Lawrence Danson 7. Wilde's fiction(s) Jerusha McCormack 8. Distance, death, and desire in Salome Joseph Donahue 9. Wilde's comedies of society Peter Raby 10. The Importance of Being Earnest Russell Jackson Part III. Themes and Influences: 11. A verdict of death: Oscar Wilde, actresses, and Victorian women Kerry Powell 12. 'A Complex, Multiform Creature' - Wilde's sexual identities Joseph Bristow 13. Wilde's plays: some lines of influence Richard Allen Cave 14. Wilde on stage Joel Kaplan 15. Oscar Wilde: the resurgence of lying Declan Kiberd Bibliography Index.
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