The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde

Salamensky investigates Oscar Wilde, his contemporaries, and the public frenzy over his work and life as illustrating the crucial importance of performance in the construction of the 'modern' and our own, postmodern, lives.

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10.1057/9781137011886 - The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde, S. I. Salamensky

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10.1057/9781137011886 - The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde, S. I. Salamensky

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The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde

10.1057/9781137011886 - The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde, S. I. Salamensky

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S. I. Salamensky

10.1057/9781137011886 - The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde, S. I. Salamensky

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The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde

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Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-­0-230-­11789-­1 Library of Congress Cataloging-­in-­Publication Data Salamensky, S. I. The modern art of influence and the spectacle of Oscar Wilde / S.I. Salamensky. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-230-11789-1 1. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900—Aesthetics. 2. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900— Influence. 3. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900—Appreciation. 4. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900—Contemporaries. 5. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900—Criticism and interpretation. 6. Modernism (Aesthetics) I. Title. PR5827.A35S35 2012 828’.809—dc23 2011025267 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: January 2012 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1 Printed in the United States of America.

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Wilde Ways: The Modern Art of Influence and the “Professor of Aesthetics” “A Queer High-­Flavored Fruit” Comes to America Julia Constance Fletcher, Rhoda Broughton, and Wilde Characters James and Wilde Performance James, Wilde, and the Queerness of Performance James, Wilde, Proto-­Modernity, and Perfor