CRITICISM

Braybrooke, Patrick. “The Short Story Writer.” In Oscar Wilde: A Study, pp. 69-83. London: Braithwaite & Miller Ltd., 1930.

Considers the appeal of “Lord Arthur Savile's Crime” and “The Model Millionaire.”

Fluck, Edward J. “About the Book.” In Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: A Study in Duty by Oscar Wilde, pp. 93-9. Emmaus, Pa.: Story Classics, 1954.

Discusses Wilde's revision of “Lord Arthur Savile's Crime,” contending that the story “affords an interesting example of the way in which Wilde polished his work.”

McCormack, Jerusha. “Impressions of an Irish Sphinx.” In Wilde the Irishman, pp. 60-3. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1998.

Investigates the influences of the death of Wilde's sister, Isola, on his story “The Canterville Ghost.”

Pine, Richard. “The Stories.” In The Thief of Reason: Oscar Wilde and Modern Ireland, pp. 186-90. Dublin: Gill & MacMillan, 1995.

Calls “Lord Arthur Savile's Crime” “a parable decorated with social insight and criticism.”

Raby, Peter. “Stories.” In Oscar Wilde, pp. 49-56. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Provides brief stylistic and thematic overviews of “Lord Arthur Savile's Crime” and “The Canterville Ghost.”

Shewan, Rodney. “Fiction as Integration—First Attempts at a Social Pastoral.” In Oscar Wilde: Art and Egotism, pp. 25-35. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1977.

Elucidates the key thematic concerns of the stories of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories.

Tintner, Adeline R. “A Rothschild Anecdote as a Source for Oscar Wilde's ‘The Model Millionaire’.” Notes and Queries 222, no. 1 (January-February 1977): 45-6.

Identifies an anecdote about Baron James Mayer de Rothschild as a source for “The Model Millionaire.”

Additional coverage of Wilde's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 49; Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults, Vol. 15; British Writers, Vol. 5; British Writers: The Classics, Vols. 1, 2; British Writers Retrospective Supplement, Vol. 2; Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, 1890-1914; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 119; Contemporary Authors—Brief Entry, Vol. 104; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 112; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 10, 19, 34, 57, 141, 156, 190; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Dramatists, Most-studied Authors and Novelists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Drama Criticism, Vol. 17; Drama for Students, Vols. 4, 8, 9; Exploring Short Stories; Literature and Its Times Supplement, Ed. 1; Literature Resource Center; Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers; Short Stories for Students, Vol. 7; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 11; Something About the Author, Vol. 24; Supernatural Fiction Writers; Twayne's English Authors; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 8, 23, 41; World Literature and Its Times, Vol. 4; World Literature Criticism; and Writers for Children.