Individualism, art and society : Oscar Wilde and assertion against authority

Julie-Ann Robson

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[For Wilde, however, I would argue that a post-Renaissance individualism, ‘broadly conceived as the view that the individual human subject is the maker of the world we inhabit’ is inadequate. Wilde, while a recipient of the Romantic self, can also be seen as a proto-modern, post-colonial subject, quite consciously inhabiting many worlds and many selves. As Declan Kibard has astutely observed in his chapter, ‘Oscar Wilde – The Artist as Irishman’, Wilde was ‘the first major artist to discredit the romantic ideal of sincerity and replace it with the darker imperative of authenticity: he saw that in being true to a single self, a sincere man may be false to half a dozen other selves.’]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe British World : Religion, Memory, Society, Culture : Refereed Proceedings of the Conference Hosted by the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, July 2nd to July 5th, 2012
    PublisherUniversity of Southern Queensland
    Pages181-189
    Number of pages9
    ISBN (Print)9780987408204
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    EventThe British World : Religion, Memory, Society, Culture -
    Duration: 2 Jul 2012 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceThe British World : Religion, Memory, Society, Culture
    Period2/07/12 → …

    Keywords

    • Irish literature
    • Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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