The Quare in the Square”
Queer Memory, Sensibilities, and Oscar Wilde
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9240366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas R Dunn (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 213-240 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335630.2014.959987 |
| OpenAlex | W2004336330 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Oscar Wilde is perhaps the most well-known historical homosexual in the public imagination. However, for a new generation of queers less connected to “gay” labels, Wilde appears other and forgettable. To reanimate Wilde's memory for twenty-first-century queers and ensure his legacy going forward, I read the 1997 Oscar Wilde monument in Dublin, Ireland. Through discursive, visual, and material analyses, I argue the monument first complicates Wilde's sexuality, casting doubt on his gay label. Second, the monument reframes Wilde as the practitioner of a proto-queer sensibility. In doing so, the monument marks historical anachronisms and renders Wilde a more resonant figure for contemporary queer audiences
Anachronism · Art · Art history · Human sexuality · Literature · Politics · Queer · Sensibility · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |