Oscar Wilde: the works of a conformist rebel

Machine derived contents note: Preface

Introduction

1. Epigonic experiments: the early poems and plays

2. The selfish and the selfless: the fairy-tales and stories

3. Personality and perfection: the lectures, Reviews and Intentions

4. Authority and autonomy: The Soul Man under Socialism

5. Culture and corruption: The Picture of Dorian Gray

6. Sensuality and suggestion: Salome and The Sphinx

7. Pathos and paradox: Lady Windermere's Fan: A Woman of No Importance

An Ideal Husband

8. Propriety and parody: The Importance of Being Earnest

9. Apologies and accusations: De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol

10. Plans, sketches and fragments

Conclusion

List of abbreviations

Notes

Select bibliography

Index.