本套丛书由学有成就的专家、学者撰写。作者以深厚的学术功底，深情的笔端，将各名家及其作品置于历史社会文化的大背景之下，对文本进行了深度的解读。论证充分，剖析精辟，文笔优美。
《王尔德》导读按照王尔德的创作轨迹，评析了他的诗歌，小说、社会喜剧和自传，试图解开他经久不衰的魅力之谜，也涉及王尔德作品的性倾向问题。

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE:THE WRITER AND HIS SETTING
Chronology
1 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Family life:Lady Wilde and Mrs Oscar Wilde
Ireland
Homosexuality
The myth of Wilde
PART TWO:AESTHETIC AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
2 CRITICAL WRITINGS
Lectures
Journalism
The Woman's World
The Soul of Man Under Socialism'
Critical dialogues
3 THEATRE PRACTICE AND INNOVATION
PART THREE:CRITICAL SURVEY
4 POETRY
Poems
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
5 SHORT FICTION
The Happy Prince
The House of Pomegranates
Aesthetic criticism
Aaesthetic prose:The Fisherman and his Soul
Newspaper fiction:Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Otheer Stories
6 THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAR
7 SALOME,SALOME,AND SYMBOLIST THEATRE
8 THE SOCIAL COMEDIES
Lady Windermere's Fan
A Woman of No Importance
An Ideal Husband
The Importance of Being Eamest
9 LETTERS
De Profundis'
On prison reform
PART FOUR:REERENCE SECTION
10 WILDE AND HIS CERCLE
Gazetteer
Short glossary of critical terms
Further reading
INDEX