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Oscar Wilde and Modern Culture: The Making of a Legend explores the meteoric rise, sudden fall, and legendary resurgence of an immensely influential writer's reputation from his hectic 1881 American lecture tour to recent Hollywood adaptations of his dramas. Always renowned-if not notorious-for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bristow, Joseph (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2008.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Influence.
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Criticism and interpretation.
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Influence > Criticism and interpretation.
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900
1800-1899
Homosexuality and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Homosexualité et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Homosexuality and literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Oscar Wilde and Modern Culture: The Making of a Legend explores the meteoric rise, sudden fall, and legendary resurgence of an immensely influential writer's reputation from his hectic 1881 American lecture tour to recent Hollywood adaptations of his dramas. Always renowned-if not notorious-for his fashionable persona, Wilde courted celebrity at an early age. Later, he came to prominence as one of the most talented essayists and fiction writers of his time. In the years leading up to his two-year imprisonment, Wilde stood among the foremost dramatists in London. But after.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xlii, 355 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821443033
0821443038

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