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Autore: | Rose David Charles |
Titolo: | Oscar Wilde's elegant republic : transformation, dislocation and fantasy in fin-de-siècle Paris / / by David Charles Rose |
Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (687 p.) |
Disciplina: | 828.809 |
Soggetto geografico: | Paris (France) Social life and customs 19th century |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Why was Paris so popular as a place of both innovation and exile in the late nineteenth century? Using French, English and American sources, this first volume of a trilogy provides a possible answer with a detailed exploration of both the city and its communities, who, forming a varied cast of colourful characters from duchesses to telephonists, artists to beggars, and dancers to diplomats, crowd the stage. Through the throng moves Oscar Wilde as the connecting thread: Wilde exploratory, Wilde triumphant, Wilde ruined. This use of Wilde as a central figure provides both a cultural history of P |
Titolo autorizzato: | Oscar Wilde's elegant republic |
ISBN: | 1-4438-8763-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798038703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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