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title	:	Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity
author	:	Gillespie, Michael Patrick.
publisher	:	University Press of Florida
isbn10 | asin	:	0813014530
print isbn13	:	9780813014531
ebook isbn13	:	9780813019598
language	:	English
subject	Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Criticism and interpretation, Homosexuality and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century, Ambiguity in literature.
publication date	:	1996
lcc	:	PR5827.A63G55 1996eb
ddc	:	828/.809
subject	:	Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Criticism and interpretation, Homosexuality and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century, Ambiguity in literature.

Page iii Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity Michael Patrick Gillespie University Press of Florida Gainesville / Tallahassee / Tampa / Boca Raton Pensacola / Orlando / Miami / Jacksonville

Page iv Copyright 1996 by the Board of Regents of the State of Florida Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper All rights reserved 02 01 00 99 98 97 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gillespie, Michael Patrick. Oscar Wilde and the poetics of ambiguity / Michael Patrick Gillespie. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8130-1453-0 (alk. paper) 1. Wilde, Oscar, 18541900Criticism and interpretation. 2. Ambiguity in literature. I. Title. PR5827.A63G55 1997 96-14579 828'.809dc20 An earlier version of chapter 3, "Picturing Dorian Gray: Resistant Readings in Wilde's Novel," was originally published in English Literature in Transition 35, no. 1 (1992):725. An earlier version of chapter 6, "From Beau Brummell to Lady Bracknell: Reviewing the Dandy in The Importance of Being Earnest," was originally published in Victorians Institute Journal 21 (1993):11942. The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprised of Florida A & M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611

Page v To Leigh an ideal daughter and a woman of great importance

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi The Insistence of Pluralism: Wilde, the Reader, and the Elements of Composition 1 1. "Tame Essence of Wilde": The Evolution of Wilde's Early Writings 17 2. Cultural and Aesthetic Responses in Wilde's Essays: Approaching The Picture of Dorian Gray 36 3. Picturing Dorian Gray: Resistant Readings in Wilde's Novel 57 4. The Force of Conformity: Plays of the Early Nineties 75 5. The Victorian Impulse in Contemporary Audiences: The Regularization of The Importance of Being Earnest 100 6. From Beau Brummell to Lady Bracknell: Re-viewing the Dandy in The Importance of Being Earnest 115 7. The Salome of Wilde and Beardsley: Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts 133 8. The Failure of Solipsism: Wilde's Late Work 155 Notes 175 Bibliography 191 Index 199

Page ix Acknowledgments A great many scholars have generously assisted in the completion of this work. Without their help, this study would not have been completed; and because of their magnanimous and timely advice it has developed in a fashion that it could not have if left to me alone. Doubtless the work would have become even better had I been more attentive to the counsel of these good friends. I list them alphabetically because no ranking could do justice to their help. My deepest thanks goes out to John Bidwell, Edwin Block, John Boly, Reverend Robert Boyle, S.J., Reverend Thaddeus Burch, S.J., John Espy, Richard Fallis, Melvin Friedman, Roy Gottfried, Anne Hall, Merlin Holland, Christine Krueger, Donald Lawler, A. Walton Litz, Mary Lowe-Evans, John McCabe, David Norris, Max Novack, Albert Rivero, C. George Sandulescu, Vincent Sherry, Leslie Tannenbaum, and Mary Helen Thuente. I wish to extend special thanks to Paula Gillespie for her continuing critical insights and unfailing good humor; to Kerry Powell for his generosity and clear-sighted scholarly advice; and to Walda Metcalf for her optimism, openness, and grit. I would also like to thank the following institutions for financial assistance at various stages of this project: the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, the Marquette University Graduate School, the American Philosophical Society, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council on International Studies, and the Princess Grace Irish Library.

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