Resist Everything Except Temptation

The Anarchist Philosophy of Oscar Wilde

Ranked #88 in Anarchism

A book that penetrates the surface of the Oscar Wilde mythos to uncover the radical politics that propelled his art.

Oscar Wilde is remembered as a wit and a dandy, as a gay martyr, and as a brilliant writer, but his philosophical depth and political radicalism are often forgotten. Resist Everything Except Temptation locates Wilde in the tradition of left-wing anarchism, and argues that only when we take his politics seriously can we begin to understand the man, his life, and his work. Drawing from literary, historical, and biographical evidence, including archival research, the...
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