The Faiths of Oscar Wilde: Catholicism, Folklore and Ireland

An original and energetic examination of the relationship between theology, faith, religious history and national politics in the works of Oscar Wilde, which focuses in particular on his life-long attraction to Catholicism. Wilde's Protestant heritage is also scrutinised, and its continued influence on him, as well as his antagonism towards it, is related to the narrative modes he chose and the philosophical positions he adopted.

Author: J. Killeen
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/20/2005
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.76w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9781403948946

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2006 pg. 111

About the Author
JARLATH KILLEEN is a Lecturer in English at Keele University, Staffordshire. He is the author of Gothic Ireland: Horror and the Eighteenth Century Irish Anglican Imagination, 2005.