Resumo
A tumba de Wilde, no cemitério Père-Lachaise, em Paris, encontra-se envolta por uma redoma de vidro, instalada com o objetivo de manter o monólito concebido por Jacob Epstein a salvo das bocas insolentes que insistiam em deixar-lhe marcas de batom. Esse ímpeto de preservar o passado, e um passado heteronormativo, diz muito sobre a própria crítica literária, que, durante décadas, esquivou-se da faceta queer da obra de Wilde. Neste ensaio, realizo uma revisão de literatura sobre a crítica de Wilde, apontando impasses e omissões no que diz respeito ao tratamento de sua obra e biografia, principalmente no que tange a questões homoafetivas. Apresento algumas querelas que dividiram os estudos gays e queer em sua abordagem inicial de Wilde, menciono desdobramentos críticos relativos à obra e biografia do autor, sobretudo relacionados a estudos sobre o fin de siècle e a relação do período com políticas sexuais modernas, e encerro com comentários críticos sobre os filmes Wilde (1997) e Velvet Goldmine (1998), que exemplificam as abordagens distintas da imagem do autor.
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