Philosophy and Oscar Wilde

This book is the first collection of essays to discuss Oscar Wildes love and vast knowledge of philosophy. Over the past few decades, Oscar Wilde scholars have become increasingly aware of Wildes love and intimate knowledge of philosophy. Wildes Oxford Notebooks and his soon-to-be-published Notebook on Philosophy all point to Wilde not just as an aesthete, but also as a serious philosophical thinker. The aim of this collection is not to make the statement that Wilde was a philosopher, or that his works were philosophical tracts. Rather, it provides a space to explore any and all linkages between Wildes works and philosophical thought. Addressing a broad spectrum of philosophical matter, from classical philology to Daoism, ethics to aestheticism, this collection enriches the literature on Wilde and philosophy alike.