The modern art of influence and the spectacle of Oscar Wilde
Salamensky investigates Oscar Wilde, his contemporaries, and the public frenzy over his work and life as illustrating the crucial importance of performance in the construction of the 'modern' and our own, postmodern, lives.
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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Salamensky investigates Oscar Wilde, his contemporaries, and the public frenzy over his work and life as illustrating the crucial importance of performance in the construction of the 'modern' and our own, postmodern, lives. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230117891. |
Carrier Form: | 218 p. |
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9780230117891 9781137011886 : 1137011882 : |
CLC: | I561.064 |
Contents: | Wilde Worlds: Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and the Queer Modernity of Performance Wilde Women: Staging Home, Homeland, and the Social Actress Wilde Words: Mod Money, Transylvanian Transmissions, and the Magicking of the Material Body Wilde Ways: Salome and the Performance of the Transgendered Jewess Hysteric What Do We Want from Wilde?: Culture, Memory, and the Trials of Time. |