Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Aesthetic Culture
Michele Mendelssohn
Abstract
This book, a sustained reading of Henry James's and Oscar Wilde's relationship, reveals why the antagonisms between these authors are symptomatic of the cultural oppositions within Aestheticism itself. The book also shows how these conflicting energies animated the late nineteenth century's most exciting transatlantic cultural enterprise. Richly illustrated and historically detailed, this study of James's and Wilde's intricate, decades-long relationship brings to light Aestheticism's truly transatlantic nature through close readings of both authors' works, as well as nineteenth-century art, pe ... More
Keywords: Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Aestheticism, nineteenth century, transatlantic cultural enterprise, visual arts, decorative arts, George Du Maurier, James McNeill Whistler
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 | Print ISBN-13: 9780748623853 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748623853.001.0001 |
