[IV. Formative Influences: Oscar's Poems 50]

[V. Oscar's Quarrel with Whistler and Marriage 73]

[VI. Oscar Wilde's Faith and Practice 91]

[VII. Oscar's Reputation and Supporters 102]

[VIII. Oscar's Growth to Originality About 1890 112]

[IX. The Summer of Success: Oscar's First Play 133]

[X. The First Meeting with Lord Alfred Douglas 144]

[XI. The Threatening Cloud Draws Nearer 156]

[XII. Danger Signals: the Challenge 175]

[XIII. Oscar Attacks Queensberry and is Worsted 202]