The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was the wittiest, most famous - and most infamous - writer and figure of his time. His fiction, essays, plays, and sparkling bon mots still enthral us, while his obsessive, forbidden love and tragic trials continue to haunt us. The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde investigates the rich, complex work and tumultuous life of this unique artist and individual, his colorful era, his vibrant milieu of artists, scandalous women and men, Jews, and other "others," the mass frenzy that surrounded him, and the implications of all that is "Wilde" for us today.

Author: S. Salamensky
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/15/2011
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780230117891
ISBN10: 0230117899
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Drama | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Social Science | Popular Culture

About the Author
S. I. SALAMENSKY Associate Professor of Performance Studies at UCLA, USA.