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Author:   Colette Colligan ,  Gregory Mackie
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781487541415

ISBN 10:   1487541414
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   13 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction: The Romance of Wilde and the City of Light Colette Colligan and Gregory Mackie Part 1: Wilde City Chapter One: Oscar Wilde and the “Artistic Capital of the World” Nicholas Frankel Chapter Two: “I am not really myself except in the midst of elegant crowds”: The Role of Paris in Oscar Wilde’s Identity Formation Paisley Mann Part 2: Journalistic Advocacy Chapter Three: How Parisian Journalists Changed Their Minds about the Wilde Scandal Colette Colligan Chapter Four: Oscar Wilde and Henry-D. Davray: Reviewing, Translating, and Publishing Wilde for the Mercure de France Petra Dierkes Part 3: Archive and Anecdote Chapter Five: Disputed Memories: Oscar Wilde’s Deathbed at the Hôtel d’Alsace Joseph Bristow Chapter Six: Oscar Wilde’s French Fragments Rebecca N. Mitchell Part 4: Literary Influence and Appropriation Chapter Seven: Oscar Wilde and Pierre Louÿs: Gestures of Literary Friendship from Inspiration to Translation Clément Dessy and Stefano Evangelista Chapter Eight: Oscar Wilde, Jacques d’Adelswärd-Fersen, and Cross-Channel Decadence in the Twentieth Century Kristin Mahoney Part 5: Legend and Legacy Chapter Nine: Oscar Wilde’s Tomb: Silence and the Aesthetics of Queer Memorial Ellen Crowell Chapter Ten: Un Faux Parisien: Sylvestre Dorian and Oscar Wilde’s Letters to Sarah Bernhardt Gregory Mackie Bibliography Index

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Colette Colligan is a professor in the Department of English Studies at the University of Angers in France. Gregory Mackie is an associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures and the Norman Colbeck curator of rare books at the University of British Columbia.

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