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Author Rose, David Charles.

Title Oscar Wilde's Elegant republic : transformation, dislocation and fantasy in fin-de-siècle Paris / by David Charles Rose.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 669 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
France -- Paris.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Travel -- France -- Paris.
Travel.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Rose, David Charles. Oscar Wilde's elegant republic : transformation, dislocation and fantasy in fin-de-siècle Paris. Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2015 xvii, 669 pages 9781443883603
ISBN 1443887633 (electronic book)
9781443887632 (electronic book)
1443883603
9781443883603