Salome Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486421279 ISBN-13: 9780486421278 Publisher: Dover Publications
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2002 * Out of Print * Annotation: Written originally in French in 1892, Wilde's one-act tragedy "Salome" enacts the biblical tale of a wanton woman's erotic dance and the martyrdom of John the Baptist. This volume reprints the complete text of the first English edition (1894) with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, plus "A Note on "Salome"" by Robert Ross. Click for more in this series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 822.8 |
LCCN: 2001050838 |
Age Level: 14-UP |
Grade Level: 9-UP |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.17" H x 6.4" W x 8.24" L (0.13 lbs) 64 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
Features: Abridged, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Outraged by the sexual perversity of this one-act tragedy, Great Britain's Lord Chamberlain banned Salom from the national stage. Symbolist poets and writers -- St phane Mallarm and Maurice Maeterlinck among them -- defended the play's literary brilliance. Beyond its notoriety, the drama's haunting poetic imagery, biblical cadences, and febrile atmosphere have earned it a reputation as a masterpiece of the Aesthetic movement of fin de si cle England. |
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