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Oscar Wilde's elegant republic : transformation, dislocation and fantasy in fin-de-siècle Paris / by David Charles Rose.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, David Charles, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Paris (France).
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Homes and haunts--France--Paris.
- Wilde, Oscar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (687 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
- Summary:
- Why was Paris so popular as a place of both innovation and exile in the late nineteenth century? Using French, English and American sources, this first volume of a trilogy provides a possible answer with a detailed exploration of both the city and its communities, who, forming a varied cast of colourful characters from duchesses to telephonists, artists to beggars, and dancers to diplomats, crowd the stage. Through the throng moves Oscar Wilde as the connecting thread: Wilde exploratory, Wilde triumphant, Wilde ruined. This use of Wilde as a central figure provides both a cultural history of P
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Part 1: Masks and Veils
- Part 2: The Dancer and the Dance
- Part 3: 'C'est "shokin'" ça?'
- Chapter Eleven
- Part 1: Vision
- Part 2: Supervision
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Part 1: Paris is a Lady
- Part 2: Paris Lesbos
- Part 3: A Woman's Place
- Chapter Fourteen
- Part 1: Gitanes
- Part 2: A Severed Head
- Part 3: Herodians
- Part 4: Oscar's Sarah
- Part 5: Sarah's Oscar
- Chapter Fifteen
- Part 1: Last Acts
- Part 2: Final Call
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-8763-3
- OCLC:
- 935642545
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