The reception of Oscar Wilde in Europe. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stefano Evangelista.
• Other Names: Evangelista, Stefano-Maria, 1974-
• Contents: Series Editor's Preface: The Reception of Oscar Wilde in Europe; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Reception Timeline; Performance Timeline; Introduction: Oscar Wilde: European by Sympathy; 1 Picturing His Exact Decadence: The British Reception of Oscar Wilde; 2 Performance and Place: Oscar Wilde and the Irish National Interest; 3 The Artist as Aesthete: The French Creation of Wilde; 4 Naturalizing Oscar Wilde as an homme de lettres: The French Reception of Dorian Gray and Salomé (1895-1922); 5 André Gide's 'Hommage à Oscar Wilde' or 'The Tale of Judas' 6 'Astonishing in my Italian': Oscar Wilde's First Italian Editions, 1890-19527 'Children of Pleasure': Oscar Wilde and Italian Decadence; 8 The Strange Adventures of Oscar Wilde in Spain (1892-1912); 9 The Reception of Wilde's Works in Spain through Theatre Performances at the Turn of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries; 10 Tragedy and the Apostle of Beauty: The Early Literary Reception of Oscar Wilde in Germany and Austria; 11 Bunbury in Germany: Alive and Kicking. 12 When Critics Disagree, the Artist Survives: Oscar Wilde, an All-Time Favourite of the Viennese Stage in the Twentieth Century13 Composing Oscar: Settings of Wilde for the German Stage; 14 From Continental Discourse to 'A Breath from a Better World': Oscar Wilde and Denmark; 15 An Ideal Situation? The Importance of Oscar Wilde's Dramatic Work in Hungary; 16 Oscar Wilde and the Czech Decadence; 17 The 'Byron of Kipling's England': Oscar Wilde in Croatia; 18 'Next to Christ': Oscar Wilde in Russian Modernism; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U. Vw; x; y; z.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (cv, 381 pages)
• Subjects: 828.809; 1854-1900; 1869-1951; Appreciation; Europe; Gide, Andre; History and criticism; Influence; Stage history; Translations; Wilde, Oscar; Literature; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Rezeption; Art appreciation; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Translations; Europa; Europe; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Appreciation -- Europe; Translations -- History and criticism; Stage history -- Europe; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441173683; 1441173684
• Related ISBNs: 9781847060051; 1847060056
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-353) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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