Books & Books is proud to present an evening with Michael Gillespie discussing Reading Oscar Wilde: An Introduction (Routledge, $65.99)
***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event. Want your copy early or can't make it in-person? Order your copy online here.
About the Book:
Reading Oscar Wilde is a comprehensive interpretive guide designed for students and readers who come to Wilde's writings for the first time, delivering a fuller understanding of the works and the background from which the canon has emerged. This ready-at-hand compendium details the scholarly perspectives of Wilde's vast literary output. Meticulously arranged, this accessible volume includes freestanding discussions of individual works, including clarification of Wilde's pioneering contextual examinations and his innovative and influential stylistic achievements. Readers will find a solid foundation for understanding his works and will benefit from new insights into the impact of his writing on subsequent authors. Additionally, the surveys of the interpretive approaches offered by contemporary literary theories will highlight for readers a range of research possibilities. This book also includes lists of selected websites and artistic adaptations of Wilde's works, a chronology of Wilde's publications, and a comprehensive secondary bibliography to permit readers to develop both a wide-ranging background and a selective focus of interests.
About the Author:
Michael Patrick Gillespie taught for 29 years at Marquette University as an Assistant, Associate, a Full Professor, and finally as the inaugural Louise Edna Goeden Professor of English. He is currently Professor of English at Florida International University. He has written books on film, literary theory, and the works of James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Kennedy.
