{"product_id":"dorian-unbound-transnational-decadence-and-the-wilde-archive-paperback","title":"Dorian Unbound: Transnational Decadence and the Wilde Archive - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSean O'Toole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold reimagining of the literary history of Decadence through a close examination of the transnational contexts of Oscar Wilde's classic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding upon a large body of archival and critical work on Oscar Wilde's only novel, \u003ci\u003eDorian Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new account of the importance of transnational contexts in the forging of Wilde's imagination and the wider genealogy of literary Decadence. Sean O'Toole argues that the attention critics have rightly paid to Wilde's backgrounds in Victorian Aestheticism and French Decadence has had the unintended effect of obscuring a much broader network of transnational contexts. Attention to these contexts allows us to reconsider how we read \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDorian Gray, \u003c\/i\u003ewhat we believe we know about Wilde, and how we understand literary Decadence as both a persistent, highly mobile cultural mode and a precursor to global modernism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn developing a transnational framework for reading \u003ci\u003eDorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, O'Toole recovers a subterranean network of nineteenth-century cultural movements. At the same time, he joins several active and vital conversations about what it might mean to expand the geographical reach of Victorian studies and to trace the globalization of literature over a longer period of time. \u003ci\u003eDorian Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e includes chapters on the Irish Gothic, German historical romance, US magic-picture tradition, and experimental English epigrams, as well as a detailed history and a new close reading of the novel, in an effort to understand Wilde's contribution to a more dynamic idea of Decadence than has been previously known. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom its rigorous account of the broad archive of texts that Wilde read and the array of cultural movements from which he drew inspiration in writing \u003ci\u003eDorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e to the novel's afterlives and global resonances, O'Toole paints a richer picture of the author and his famously allusive prose. This book makes a compelling case for a comparative reading of the novel in a global context. It will appeal to historians and admirers of Wilde's career as well as to scholars of nineteenth-century literature, queer and narrative theory, Irish studies, and art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean O'Toole\u003c\/b\u003e (NEW YORK, NY) is an associate professor of English at the City University of New York, Baruch College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHabit in the English Novel, 1850-1900\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48029468295416,"sku":"9781421446530","price":61.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/NXlacG1qaDRnOE10V3A0TVZQY09Tdz09.webp?v=1772308466","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/dorian-unbound-transnational-decadence-and-the-wilde-archive-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}