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This text explores the relationship between Wilde's treatment of sexual subject matter and the development of his literary aesthetics, from the earliest volume of poetry through the social comedies which highlighted his career. In addition, the study considers the earliest critical responses to Wilde's works, since they reveal how references to sexual subject matter, particularly to homoerotic themes, were received in Wilde's own period. The critical responses to sexual themes and motifs in Wilde's works played a significant role in the development of his literary style, from the lyrical poetry of his early career as a writer, to the brilliantly conceived comedies with their multiple layers of sexual ambiguity and innuendo.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Oscar Wilde Eros and Aesthetics
• Author: Patricia Flanagan Behrendt
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 194
• EAN: 9780333542231
• ISBN: 0333542231
• ID: 04595142
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 408 g
• Dimensions: 222 × 142 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. October 1991

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