Oscar Wilde In Context
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Oscar Wilde in Context
Author: Kerry Powell
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2017-03-23
Oscar Wilde was a courageous individualist whose path-breaking life and work were shaped in the crucible of his time and place, deeply marked by the controversies of his era. This collection of concise and illuminating articles reveals the complex relationship between Wilde's work and ideas, and contemporary contexts including Victorian feminism, aestheticism and socialism. Chapters investigate how Wilde's writing was both a resistance to and quotation of Victorian master narratives and genre codes. From performance history to film and operatic adaptations, the ongoing influence and reception of Wilde's story and work is explored, proposing not one but many Oscar Wildes. To approach the meaning of Wilde as an artist and historical figure, the book emphasises not only his ability to imagine new worlds, but also his bond to the turbulent cultural and historical landscape around him - the context within which his life and art took shape.
Oscar Wilde in Context
Author: Kerry Powell
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2013-12-12
Concise and illuminating articles explore Oscar Wilde's life and work in the context of the turbulent landscape of his time.
Oscar Wilde in Context
Concise and illuminating articles explore Oscar Wilde's life and work in the context of the turbulent landscape of his time.