Oscar Wilde and Nihilism by Colin Cavendish-Jones - 9781032900636

Oscar Wilde and NihilismAuthor(s): Colin Cavendish-Jones\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032900636, 978-1032900636\nSynopsis\nOscar Wilde and Nihilism examines Wildes major works in the context of nineteenth-century philosophical nihilism and the Victorian religious unsettlement. The book covers Wildes plays, the fairy tales, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the critical writings, and De Profundis to show how Wildes thinking about nihilism developed over the course of his career, profoundly influencing the tone and message of his work. Like Nietzsche, Wilde came to regard art as the only effective counterforce to the problem of nihilism, a uniquely consistent source of order and meaning in a godless universe. The book is intended for the general reader with an interest in nihilism, aesthetics, or Wilde, as well as for more specialist scholars. The aim is to provide the reader with the answers of an exceptionally bril.