Overview
- Editor is one of the foremost scholars of Wilde in the world
- Examines Wilde's interest in children's culture in all its rich variety, from his fairy stories to defending children's rights in the prison system
- Looks at adaptations of Wilde's writing aimed at children
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture (PNWC)
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This is the first collection of critical essays that explores Oscar Wilde’s interest in children’s culture, whether in relation to his famous fairy stories, his life as a caring father to two small boys, his place as a defender of children’s rights within the prison system, his fascination with youthful beauty, and his theological contemplation of what it means to be a child in the eyes of God. The collection also examines the ways in which Wilde’s works—not just his fairy stories—have been adapted for young audiences.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Joseph Bristow is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. His recent books include a study co-authored with Rebecca N. Mitchell, Oscar Wilde’s Chatterton: Literary History, Romanticism, and the Art of Forgery (2015) and a collection of critical essays coedited with Josephine McDonagh (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). His critical essays have recently appeared in ELH, Études Anglaises, and the Review of English Studies, and also in several collections, including The Porn Archives (2014) and Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity (2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Oscar Wilde and the Cultures of Childhood
Editors: Joseph Bristow
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60411-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60410-7Published: 17 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86858-5Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60411-4Published: 09 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6494
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6508
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 245
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Nineteenth-Century Literature, Fiction, Children's Literature, Childhood, Adolescence and Society