The birth of 'Oscar Wilde'
The poetry of Englishness
'Nothing to declare except my genius'
'Married ... in consequence of a misunderstanding': London 1883-6
The rhythmic value of prose: Wilde's career in fiction
Paradox and perversity: Wilde as a subversive thinker
Drama as a mode of personal expression
Epilogue: 'A man who stood in symbolic relations to ... my age'.
