Refiguring Oscar Wilde's Salome

While Oscar Wilde's delightfully-witty comedies of manners receive the most fanfare from the general public and much of academia, Wilde's most "serious" play--Salome--rightfully deserves an equal amount of attention. Written by emerging scholars, established scholars, and notable Wilde scholars at the top of the field, the far-ranging essays in this book--the first collection solely on Wilde's Salome--provide new readings of the play, allowing us to better assess how and why Salome either fits or does not fit into Wilde's oeuvre. Framed in a new light in this collection, this fuller understanding of Salome should potentially change the way we read both Salome and Wilde's entire oeuvre.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042034327
• ISBN13: 9789042034327
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"