The Cambridge companion to Oscar Wilde / / edited by Peter Raby [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 307 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 828/.809
• Persona (resp. second.): RabyPeter
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Context -- ; [ch]. 1. Biography and the art of lying / Merlin Holland -- ; [ch]. 2. Wilde and the Victorians / Regenia Gagnier -- ; [ch]. 3. Wilde and the dandyism of the senses / Stephen Calloway -- ; pt. 2. Wilde's works -- ; [ch]. 4. Wilde as poet / Karl Beckson ; and Bobby Fong -- ; [ch]. 5. Wilde the journalist / John Stokes -- ; [ch]. 6. Wilde as critic and theorist / Lawrence Danson -- ; [ch]. 7. Wilde's fiction(s) / Jerusha McCormack -- ; [ch]. 8. Distance, death and desire in Salome / Joseph Donohue -- ; [ch]. 9. Wilde's comedies of society / Peter Raby -- ; [ch].10. The importance of being earnest / Russell Jackson -- ; pt. 3. Themes and influences -- ; [ch].11. A verdict of death : Oscar Wilde, actresses and Victorian women / Kerry Powell -- ; [ch]. 12. 'A complex multiform creature' : Wilde's sexual identities / Joseph Bristow -- ; [ch]. 13. Wilde's plays : some lines of influence / Richard Allen Cave -- ; [ch]. 14. Wilde on the stage / Joel Kaplan -- ; [ch]. 15. Oscar Wilde : the resurgence of lying / Declan Kiberd.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cambridge companion to Oscar Wilde
• ISBN: 1-107-48043-4; 1-107-48473-1; 1-139-00017-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996205108903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Cambridge companions to literature.