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    OSCAR WILDE IN VIENNA

    €122.00
    In Oscar Wilde in Vienna, Sandra Mayer examines the reception and performance history of Oscar Wilde's dramatic works on Viennese stages from the turn of the twentieth century up to the present.
    ISBN: 9789004370425
    AuthorMAYER, SANDRA,
    Pub Date12/07/2018
    BindingHardback
    Pages388
    AvailabilityCurrently out of stock. If available, delivery is usually 5-10 working days.
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    Oscar Wilde in Vienna is the first book-length study in English of the reception of Oscar Wilde's works in the German-speaking world. Charting the plays' history on Viennese stages between 1903 and 2013, it casts a spotlight on the international reputation of one of the most popular English-language writers while contributing to Austrian cultural history in the long twentieth century.

    Drawing on extensive archival material, the book examines the appropriation of Wilde's plays against the background of political crises and social transformations.
    It unravels the mechanisms of cultural transfer and canonisation within an environment positioned - like Wilde himself - at the crossroads of centre and periphery, tradition and modernity.

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    Oscar Wilde in Vienna is the first book-length study in English of the reception of Oscar Wilde's works in the German-speaking world. Charting the plays' history on Viennese stages between 1903 and 2013, it casts a spotlight on the international reputation of one of the most popular English-language writers while contributing to Austrian cultural history in the long twentieth century.

    Drawing on extensive archival material, the book examines the appropriation of Wilde's plays against the background of political crises and social transformations.
    It unravels the mechanisms of cultural transfer and canonisation within an environment positioned - like Wilde himself - at the crossroads of centre and periphery, tradition and modernity.