Titlebook: Oscar Wilde‘s Aesthetic Education; The Oxford Classical Leanne Grech Book 2019 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 Oscar W

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2634-6494 g research in nineteenth-century literature, culture and hisThis book focuses on the role that the Oxford classical curriculum has had in shaping Oscar Wilde’s aestheticism. It positions Wilde as a classically trained intellectual and outlines the path he took to gain recognition as a writer and pro

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Popery and Paganism: Divided Loyalties in the Travel Poems, analysis focuses on the sonnets Wilde wrote in response to his 1877 tour of Greece and Rome. The poems contemplate the material grandeur of the Catholic Church, but this is complicated by Wilde’s nostalgia for the Pagan gods who were displaced by the rise of Christianity.

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Fervent Friendships: Oxford Platonism and ,ailure is portrayed in the dialogues between Basil Hallward and Dorian Gray. Although Basil speaks of his affection for Dorian in Platonic terms, it is based on an artistic partnership that gives him the freedom to gaze at Dorian’s beautiful body and which requires Dorian to remain still and silent.

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Wilde and Douglas: Redefining the Beloved,s, Wilde idealized Douglas as a spiritual teacher and his source of inspiration. When writing to Douglas from prison, however, Wilde assessed the ways that his lover failed to satisfy his intellectual needs and positioned Christ as the ultimate lover/artist who understands the profound beauty of sorrow.