Authors in Context: Oscar Wilde
by John Sloan
2020-11-25 03:14:51
Authors in Context: Oscar Wilde
by John Sloan
2020-11-25 03:14:51
Authors in Context examines the work of major writers in relation to their own time and to the present day. Combining history with lively literary discussion, each volume provides comprehensive insight into texts in their context.Wit, dandy, literar...
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Authors in Context examines the work of major writers in relation to their own time and to the present day. Combining history with lively literary discussion, each volume provides comprehensive insight into texts in their context.Wit, dandy, literary anarchist, self-publicist, and homosexual martyr: Wilde achieved fame and notoriety at a time when mass culture and communication promoted the ''new'' in every area of British life - ''New Women'', ''New Hedonism'', ''New Journalism'', ''New Imperialism''. His plays, tales, and criticalwritings questioned traditional attitudes to religion, sexuality, women and the home, crime and punishment, and the freedom of the individual. This book examines the rich interplay between Wilde''s society and his writings and shows the remarkable recontextualizing of Wilde and his work on stage, infilm and the media in the century that has followed his death.
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