Wilde’s Wiles

Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Annette M. Magid

£44.99

This unique collection of essays by international experts celebrates Oscar Wilde’s genius. It explores his enduring influence on culture—from aesthetics to queer theory—and examines the influence of his family and friends on him.

Wilde’s Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century is a collection of essays which celebrates the…

Wilde’s Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century is a collection of essays which celebrates the diversity of Oscar Wilde’s genius. This unique collection of scholarship explores not only his influence on a broad spectrum of subjects including: aesthetics, children’s literature, women’s issues, consumer economics, queer theory, politics, theater, film, poetry, Victorianism and other aspects of culture such as pedagogical approaches to Wilde’s literature, but it also examines the influence of his family and friends on him. Wilde’s Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century includes a wide range of approaches and concentrations written by international experts and has a broad spectrum of subjects which will appeal to a diversity of scholars seeking original and alternative approaches to understanding Oscar Wilde.

The multiplicity of interest in the topic of Oscar Wilde expands across genres, disciplines, cultures and time, this being the second century of Wilde scholarship since his untimely death in November 1900 preceding the fin-de siècle. The unique, multi-discipline approach of Wilde’s Wiles is organized in three sections: “Aesthetic Approaches,” “Friends and Family,” and “Performance and Pedagogy” and bridges philosophical, sociological, psychological, economic and literary disciplines.

Annette M. Magid is a Professor of English, affiliated with SUNY Erie Community College, Buffalo, New York, USA. Her publications include articles on Oscar Wilde, Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Fritz Lang, Jack London and science fiction in several international Utopian studies journals and monographs. Her scholarly interests include Victorian literature, children’s literature, science fiction, poetry, creative writing, drama, and Utopian studies. Her publications include: You Are What You Eat: Literary Probes into the Palate (2008); Tunnel of Stone (2002); and Women of Accomplishment (2001). She has edited seven volumes of sci-fi stories (1999–2007) as well as Echoes of Our Minds: Creative Writing Collection (2010), written by her students and published by SUNY Erie Community College.

She served as Local Coordinator (2000 and 2008) for the NeMLA Convention in Buffalo, NY and presented papers for many panels including Oscar Wilde, Food for Thought, Creative Writing – Poetry, Pedagogy, Sci-Fi Feminist Theory, and Two-Year College issues. She has also presented papers at the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, the Utopian Society, the Society for International Utopian Studies, the American Literary Association and the New York College Learning Skills Association.