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The importance of being paradoxical : = A study of maternal presence in the works of Oscar Wilde.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The importance of being paradoxical :/
Reminder of title:	A study of maternal presence in the works of Oscar Wilde.
Author:	Horan, Patrick M.
Description:	1 online resource (211 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 57-03, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International57-03A.
Subject:	British and Irish literature. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9536136click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798496542975

The importance of being paradoxical : = A study of maternal presence in the works of Oscar Wilde.
Horan, Patrick M.

The importance of being paradoxical :A study of maternal presence in the works of Oscar Wilde. - 1 online resource (211 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 57-03, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Drew University, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references

Oscar Wilde wrote that "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his" (Works 335). This idea resounds throughout the Irish poet's works and suggests how much he admired his own mother, nationalist poet Lady Jane "Speranza" Wilde. In this study I explore Speranza's presence in Wilde's literature and stress that he shared her love of paradox, which he used to explain his contradictory views on nationalism, feminism, love, motherhood, and imprisonment. Throughout this dissertation, I emphasize that Speranza and Wilde enjoyed both maintaining and upsetting the status quo; thus, I name them "conventional Bohemians." In Chapter Two I assert that Wilde was a "self-alienated nationalist" because fervent nationalism was difficult for him: he was hailed as the son of an Irish nationalist poet, yet he always longed to be recognized by fashionable London society. Feminism, the topic of Chapter Three, was also problematic for both writers. They were trailblazing feminists; nevertheless, she idealized wives as self-sacrificing and submissive, and he idealized female lovers as objects of beauty. Speranza's extensive work with myth fostered young Wilde's love of fantasy, which is evidenced in his fairy tales and The Picture of Dorian Gray. In Chapter Four I argue that Wilde wrote these works, in part, to identify humanity's inhumanity; to acknowledge that love is often unreciprocated; and to affirm the naturalness of homosexuality. Chapter Five proposes that Wilde wrote fiction and drama to present the self-sacrificing nature of motherhood; his mother characters significantly exhibit Speranza's at once conventional and Bohemian personality. I conclude my study by asserting that in "De Profundis" Wilde acknowledges the wisdom in Speranza's credo that sorrow brings joy. In this letter, he tries to teach his lover Lord Alfred Douglas the importance of respect for one's mother as well as concern for one's lover. During Wilde's imprisonment, he looked "inward" and reflected upon Speranza's motherly advice. Ultimately, his ruminations enabled him to appreciate his mother's acceptance of diversity, to validate his homosexuality, and to resolve many of the conflicting tendencies that made him such an enigmatic and paradoxical personality.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798496542975Subjects--Topical Terms:

3433225
British and Irish literature.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Wilde, OscarIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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