Acting Wilde : Victorian sexuality, theatre, and Oscar Wilde / Kerry Powell.
Powell, Kerry.
2009
PR5824 .P69 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Acting Wilde : Victorian sexuality, theatre, and Oscar Wilde / Kerry Powell.
Author Powell, Kerry.
ISBN 9780521516921
0521516927
Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2009.
Language English
Description x, 204 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number PR5824 .P69 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 822.8
Summary This title demonstrates that Wilde's plays, fiction, and critical theory are organized by the idea that all so-called 'reality' is a mode of performance, and that the 'meanings' of life are really the scripted elements of a dramatic spectacle.
Note This title demonstrates that Wilde's plays, fiction, and critical theory are organized by the idea that all so-called 'reality' is a mode of performance, and that the 'meanings' of life are really the scripted elements of a dramatic spectacle.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Performativity and history: Oscar Wilde and The importance of being Earnest
The "lost" transcript, sexual acting, and the meaning of Wilde's trials
Prison performativity.

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