Kate Hext (Associate Professor in Decadent Literature and the Arts

Wilde in the Dream Factory

Decadence and the American Movies

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Produktbeschreibung

Wilde in the Dream Factory studies the influence of Oscar Wilde's work on American cinema and culture, with close readings of Wilde's works alongside screwball comedies and film noir of the 1930s and 40s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 138mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780198875376
• ISBN-10: 0198875371
• Artikelnr.: 69152771

Autorenporträt

She is author of Walter Pater: Individualism and Aesthetic Philosophy (2013), and co-editor of Decadence in the Age of Modernism (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface: The Ghosts of Wildean Decadence
1: Wilde in the American Imagination
2: Naughty, Decadent, Silent Moving Pictures
3: Salome on Sunset Boulevard
4: Wilde-ish Spirit Goes West
5: The Gangster as Aesthete
6: A Wildean Universe: From Epigrams to Screwball Talk
7: The Aesthete as Monster
Oscar Wilde, Hollywood Rebel: Conclusion
Select Works Cited
Selected Filmography
Index
Acknowledgements