- 211 pages
- English
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The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde
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Salamensky investigates Oscar Wilde, his contemporaries, and the public frenzy over his work and life as illustratingĀ the crucial importance of performance in the construction of the 'modern' and our own, postmodern, lives.
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Literary CriticismTable of contents
- Cover
- The Modern Art of Influence and the Spectacle of Oscar Wilde
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: Why Wilde?
- Chapter 1: Wilde Ways: The Modern Art of Influence and the āprofessor of Aestheticsā
- Chapter 2: Wilde Women: SalomƩ and the Spectacle of the Transgendered Jewess hysteric
- Chapter 3: Wilde Words: Money, Morality, Metaphysics, and the āModernā Man
- Chapter 4: Wilde Worlds: The āTrick of Talkā and the Magicking of the Material Body
- Afterword: What do We Want from Wilde?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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