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Vera or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was Wilde's first play, and the first to be performed. In 1880, with only a few copies privately printed, arrangements were made with noted actresses...

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner...

Edition enrichie (Présentation, biographie, bibliographie et notes) Qui est l'énigmatique « Mr. W H. » à qui sont dédiés les Sonnets de Shakespeare parus en 1609 ? La mystérieuse dédicace écrite alors par l'imprimeur a fait couler beaucoup d'encre, et de multiples hypothèses sont...

Oscar Wilde’s play Salome is a twist on the execution of John the Baptist, fuelled by motives of lust and slaughter. Wilde’s interpretation is deeply rooted in the Biblical story of Salome’s dance to please Herod and her mother’s plea for John the Baptist’s head. Wilde’s twist on the biblical story focuses on the personality of Salome and the hypersexual implications.

In seinen Essays legt Oscar Wilde die philosophischen Grundlagen für seine Theaterstücke. Die Bewertung von Schein und Sein, von Kritik und Kunst, von Schönheit und Emotionalität steht hier im Zentrum seines Denkens. Mit eleganten Formulierungen führt Wilde seine Leser zu Einsichten, die zunächst...

With the exception of the Poems in Prose this volume does not contain anything which the author ever contemplated reprinting. The Rise of Historical Criticism is interesting to admirers of his work, however, because it shows the development of his style and the wide intellectual range distinguishing...

Believe me, no civilised man ever regrets a pleasure... As London slides from one century into the next, a young man is cursed with the uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery. With its glittering dialogue, provocative imagery...

Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was Wilde's first play, and the first to be performed. In 1880, with only a few copies privately printed, arrangements were made with noted actresses for...

"But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality." Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for "gross indecency...

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1892). Wilde said once that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public."The stories included in this...

L'anima dell'uomo sotto il socialismo è un saggio dello scrittore irlandese Oscar Wilde, pubblicato nel 1891, nel quale viene esposta una visione del mondo libertaria esaltata dall’utopia socialista. Ne L'anima dell'uomo sotto il socialismo Wilde afferma che, sotto il capitalismo, “la maggioranza...

Teleny (titolo originale Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal) è un romanzo erotico – attribuito a Oscar Wilde - pubblicato clandestinamente in 200 esemplari nel 1893. Due anni dopo Wilde subisce un'infame condanna ai lavori forzati e alla morte civile. Wilde in realtà avrebbe solo coordinato e...

Das 1890 erschienene Buch ist der einzige Roman von Oscar Wilde. Der irische Autor setzt sich in dem prosaischen Standardwerk mit moralischen Fragen auseinander und lässt die Hauptfigur, Dorian Gray, sich selbst in einem Porträt erkennen. Was er da sieht, ist die Folge seines dekadenten Lebenswandels...

"The Portrait of Mr. W. H." is a story written by Oscar Wilde, first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1889. It was later added to the collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, though it does not appear in early editions.[1] An enlarged edition planned by Wilde, almost...