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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Main Authors: Salamensky, S. I.
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137011886
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230117891.
Carrier Form: 218 p.
ISBN: 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.