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The reception of Oscar Wilde in Europe /
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) is now widely recognised not only as one of the most representative figures of the British fin de siècle, but as one of the most influential Anglophone authors of the nineteenth century. In Britain Wilde suffered a long period of comparative neglect following the scandal of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Athlone critical traditions series ;
v. 18. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) is now widely recognised not only as one of the most representative figures of the British fin de siècle, but as one of the most influential Anglophone authors of the nineteenth century. In Britain Wilde suffered a long period of comparative neglect following the scandal of his conviction for 'gross indecency' in 1895; and it is only recently that his works have been reassessed. But while Wilde was subjected to silence in Britain, he became a European phenomenon. His famous dandyism, his witticisms, paradoxes and provocations became the object of imitation and parody; h. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (cv, 381 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-353) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441173683 1441173684 1282875868 9781282875869 9786612875861 6612875860 |