The figure of Christ in the works of Oscar Wilde

In this study I consider, by a process of close textual analysis, attention to larger symbolic registers, and comparative reference to other works of the author and his contemporaries, the thematic and structural function of the figure of Christ in the mature writings of Oscar Wilde. I have avoided references to the life of the author as far as possible in my text, partly because biographical critism, in the specific case of Oscar Wilde, has often interfered with a judicious assessment of his writings--writings that inscribe, as I hope my text demonstrates, a valuable response to certain pressing ethical and aesthetic issues in a complex fin-de-siecle climate of blurred and shifting values.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of English Language and Literature

Year dc:date.issued

1987

Author dc:creator

• Willoughby, Guy

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Beatty, Michael T

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21882

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/21882