Oscar Wilde’s symbolist tragedy Salomé (1891) possesses a rich and complex intertextual history incorporating a number of French literary sources and biblical influences. The two significant accounts in the Bible that deal with John the Baptist’s beheading at the request of Herod’s stepdaughter are Matthew 14:6-11 and Mark 6:14-29. However, Wilde was not only inspired by the New Testament, but also, by the Old Testament. In his reinterpretation of the biblical text, Wilde was influenced by one biblical book in particular, the Song of Songs, and most strikingly by Ernest Renan’s French translation from the original Hebrew, Le Cantique des Cantiques (1860). This study demonstrates the importance of the Song of Songs as a biblical hypotext tha...
Peculiarities of Wilde`s poem “Endymion (For Music)” in the context of Aestheticism and difficultie...
‘It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors,’ writes Oscar Wilde in his ‘Preface’ to...
Salomé and Joan of Arc are two figures who became myths of the XIXth or XXth century thanks to their...
Salomé (1988), Nick Cave’s striking interpretation of the story of the Judean princess enhances and ...
Oscar Wilde’s symbolist drama Salomé (1892) was written directly in French, a language the playwrigh...
The present article engages with the eponymous character of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé and focuses on her...
UID/ELT/04097/2019When Richard Strauss saw Oscar Wilde’s play Salome in Max Reinhardt’s 1901 product...
This paper focuses on Wilde’s use of French in his dramatization of the Biblical story, Salomé. It a...
International audienceThis paper focuses on Wilde’s use of French in his dramatization of the Biblic...
Using as an example the opera Salome by Richard Strauss (1905), which was adapted from the play by O...
© 2017 Dr. Gerrard CarterOscar Wilde’s 1891 radical tragedy Salomé is infused with symbolism, decade...
This article will outline the inequalities of the relationship between the Star-Child and his tempor...
This thesis considers representations of the biblical dancer Salome in the context of the broader ch...
Oscar Wilde’s Salome, composed in French in 1891, represents both an episode in the history of celeb...
La Salomé de Oscar Wilde se convirtió en una de las vías fundamentales de construcción y acceso a un...
Peculiarities of Wilde`s poem “Endymion (For Music)” in the context of Aestheticism and difficultie...
‘It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors,’ writes Oscar Wilde in his ‘Preface’ to...
Salomé and Joan of Arc are two figures who became myths of the XIXth or XXth century thanks to their...
Salomé (1988), Nick Cave’s striking interpretation of the story of the Judean princess enhances and ...
Oscar Wilde’s symbolist drama Salomé (1892) was written directly in French, a language the playwrigh...
The present article engages with the eponymous character of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé and focuses on her...
UID/ELT/04097/2019When Richard Strauss saw Oscar Wilde’s play Salome in Max Reinhardt’s 1901 product...
This paper focuses on Wilde’s use of French in his dramatization of the Biblical story, Salomé. It a...
International audienceThis paper focuses on Wilde’s use of French in his dramatization of the Biblic...
Using as an example the opera Salome by Richard Strauss (1905), which was adapted from the play by O...
© 2017 Dr. Gerrard CarterOscar Wilde’s 1891 radical tragedy Salomé is infused with symbolism, decade...
This article will outline the inequalities of the relationship between the Star-Child and his tempor...
This thesis considers representations of the biblical dancer Salome in the context of the broader ch...
Oscar Wilde’s Salome, composed in French in 1891, represents both an episode in the history of celeb...
La Salomé de Oscar Wilde se convirtió en una de las vías fundamentales de construcción y acceso a un...
Peculiarities of Wilde`s poem “Endymion (For Music)” in the context of Aestheticism and difficultie...
‘It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors,’ writes Oscar Wilde in his ‘Preface’ to...
Salomé and Joan of Arc are two figures who became myths of the XIXth or XXth century thanks to their...