Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
The Cambridge companions complete collection
Edition:
The Cambridge companions to literature and classics
Edition:
Cambridge companions online
ISBN:
052147471X
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0521479878
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9780521474719
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9780521479875
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9781139000178
Series Statement:
Cambridge collections online
Content:
The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde offers an essential introduction to one of the theatre's most important and enigmatic writers. Although a general overview, the volume also offers some of the latest thinking on the dramatist and his impact on the twentieth century. Part One places Wilde's work within the cultural and historical context of his time and includes an opening essay by Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland. Further chapters also examine Wilde and the Victorians and his image as a Dandy. Part Two looks at Wilde's essential work as playwright and general writer, including his poetry, critiques, and fiction, and provides detailed analysis of such key works as Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest among others. The third group of essays examines the themes and factors which shaped Wilde's work and includes Wilde and his view of the Victorian woman, Wilde's sexual identities, and interpreting Wilde on stage. This 1997 volume also contains a detailed chronology of Wilde's work, a guide to further reading, and illustrations from important productions.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
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pt. 1. Context ; [ch]. 1. Biography and the art of lying
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[ch]. 2. Wilde and the Victorians
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[ch]. 3. Wilde and the dandyism of the senses
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pt. 2. Wilde's works ; [ch]. 4. Wilde as poet
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[ch]. 5. Wilde the journalist
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[ch]. 6. Wilde as critic and theorist
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[ch]. 7. Wilde's fiction(s)
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[ch]. 8. Distance, death and desire in Salome
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[ch]. 9. Wilde's comedies of society
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[ch].10. The importance of being earnest
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pt. 3. Themes and influences ; [ch].11. A verdict of death : Oscar Wilde, actresses and Victorian women
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[ch]. 12. 'A complex multiform creature' : Wilde's sexual identities
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[ch]. 13. Wilde's plays : some lines of influence
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[ch]. 14. Wilde on the stage
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[ch]. 15. Oscar Wilde : the resurgence of lying
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139000178
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521474719
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. u.d.T. The Cambridge companion to Oscar Wilde Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 1997 ISBN 052147471X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521479878
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL052147471X
