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The Faiths of Oscar Wilde. Catholicism, Folklore and Ireland.
Jarlath Killeen
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Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC; HRC; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
An original and energetic examination of the relationship between theology, faith, religious history and national politics in the works of Oscar Wilde, which focuses in particular on his life-long attraction to Catholicism. Wilde's Protestant heritage is also scrutinised, and its continued influence on him, as well as his antagonism towards it, is related to the narrative modes he chose and the philosophical positions he adopted.
An original and energetic examination of the relationship between theology, faith, religious history and national politics in the works of Oscar Wilde, which focuses in particular on his life-long attraction to Catholicism. Wilde's Protestant heritage is also scrutinised, and its continued influence on him, as well as his antagonism towards it, is related to the narrative modes he chose and the philosophical positions he adopted.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349525270
SKU
V9781349525270
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99-15
About Jarlath Killeen
JARLATH KILLEEN is a Lecturer in English at Keele University, Staffordshire. He is the author of Gothic Ireland: Horror and the Eighteenth Century Irish Anglican Imagination, 2005.
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