Research Guides: Critical Editions in Literature: Oscar Wilde and British Aestheticism: Columbia Library Resources

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Oscar Wilde: A Certain Genius

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The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde

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The Man Who Was Dorian Gray

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Beauty's Body: femininity and representation in British aestheticism

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Trials of Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity

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Studying Oscar Wilde

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The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde

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Historical Periodicals

A Non-Comprehensive Selection of Books

Oscar Wilde: A Certain Genius

The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde

The Man Who Was Dorian Gray

Beauty's Body: femininity and representation in British aestheticism

Trials of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity

Studying Oscar Wilde

The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde

Literary Criticism

Advanced Database Research

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