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Tables of Contents for Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
2
Abbreviations
xi
The Insistence of Pluralism: Wilde, the Reader, and the Elements of Composition
1
16
1. "Tame Essence of Wilde": The Evolution of Wilde's Early Writings
17
19
2. Cultural and Aesthetic Responses in Wilde's Essays: Approaching The Picture of Dorian Gray
36
21
3. Picturing Dorian Gray: Resistant Readings in Wilde's Novel
57
18
4. The Force of Conformity: Plays of the Early Nineties
75
25
5. The Victorian Impulse in Contemporary Audiences: The Regularization of The Importance of Being Earnest
100
15
6. From Beau Brummell to Lady Bracknell: Re-viwing the Dandy in The Importance of Being Earnest
115
18
7. The Salome of Wilde and Beardsley: Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts
133
22
8. The Failure of Solipsism: Wilde's Late Work
155
20
Notes
175
16
Bibliography
191
8
Index
199