Title

Salome / Oscar Wilde ; edited by Kimberly J. Stern.

Author

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.

Publication

Peterborough, Ontario ; Tonawanda, NY : Broadview Press, [2015]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stern, Kimberly Jo, 1977-
• Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945.

Description

152 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Broadview editions

Uniform Title

• Salomé. English
• Broadview editions.

Alternative Title

Salomé.

Subjects

• Tragedies
• Drama
• Salome (Biblical figure) > Drama

Genre/Form

• Tragedies.
• Drama.

Note

• This edition of the play uses the English translation by Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and overseen by Wilde himself.
• Translation of: Salomé.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- Oscar Wilde: a brief chronology -- A note on the text -- Salome -- Appendix A: Sources -- Appendix B: A visual history -- Appendix C: Contemporary responses -- Appendix D: Translation history -- Appendix E: Performance history.

Call Number

JFD 15-2763

ISBN

• 9781554811892 (pbk.)
• 1554811899 (pbk.)

OCLC

898088497

Author

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.

Title

Salome / Oscar Wilde ; edited by Kimberly J. Stern.

Publisher

Peterborough, Ontario ; Tonawanda, NY : Broadview Press, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Broadview editions

Broadview editions.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary

Salome is Oscar Wilde's most experimental--and controversial--play. In its own time, the play, written in French, was described by a reviewer as "an arrangement in blood and ferocity, morbid, bizarre, repulsive." None, however, could deny the importance of Wilde's creation. Contemporary audiences and reviewers variously regarded Salome as the symbol of a thrilling modernity, a challenge to patriarchy, a confession of desire, a sign of moral decay, a new form of art, and a revolt against the restraints of Victorian society. Less well known than Wilde's beloved comedies, Salome is as enduringly modern and relevant. This edition uses the English translation done by Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and overseen and corrected by Wilde himself. Appendices detail the play's sources and provide extensive materials on its contemporary reception and dramatic productions. --Provided by publisher

Added Author

Stern, Kimberly Jo, 1977- editor.

Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945.

Research Call Number

JFD 15-2763