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Revising Wilde : society and subversion in the plays of Oscar Wilde /

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A radical re-examination of Oscar Wilde's plays, Revising Wilde challenges long-established views of the writer as a dilettante and dandy, revealing him instead as a serious philosopher and social critic who used his plays to subvert the traditional values of Victorian literature and society. B...

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Main Author: Eltis, Sos
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1996.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Dramatic works.
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900.
Wilde, Oscar, > (1854-1900) > Critique et interprétation.
Wilde, Oscar, > (1854-1900) > Oeuvres > Théâtre.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Didactic drama, English > History and criticism.
Social problems in literature.
Social norms in literature.
Dissenters in literature.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Problèmes sociaux dans la littérature.
Normes sociales dans la littérature.
18.05 English literature.
Criticism and interpretation
Didactic drama, English
Dissenters in literature
Literature and society
Social norms in literature
Social problems in literature
Great Britain
Maatschappij.
Subcultuur.
Literature and society > Great Britain > 19th century.
Social values in literature.
Activités subversives dans la littérature.
1800-1899
English drama
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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