Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Child and Man: The Development of a Catholic Mind Faith and Reason: The Bible, the Catholic Church, and Wilde's Scandalous Texts Body and Soul: Nature, The Body, and the Host in The Picture of Dorian Gray Religion and Politics: Wilde's Social Philosophy Art and Life: The Politics of Ritualism in The Importance of Being Earnest Realism and Romance: Between Protestantism and Catholicism in Wilde's Final Texts Conclusion Notes Index

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JARLATH KILLEEN is a Lecturer in English at Keele University, Staffordshire. He is the author of Gothic Ireland: Horror and the Eighteenth Century Irish Anglican Imagination, 2005.