Salome Summary
Oscar Wilde

Biography Essay] Together with George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde transformed British drama in the late nineteenth century by expressing a new, "modern" sensibility. By the mid nineteenth century, the B... Read more

"Famous for his public speaking and wit, [Oscar] Wilde has often been accused of merely reproducing witty repartee in his plays, and the temptation to treat his work lightly is in large part due to hi... Read more

Few writers have managed to remain world famous without the support of the schools. Oscar Wilde is one of them. Not generally regarded by academics as major or important, Wilde's work has figured ve... Read more

Oscar Wilde as man and artist is a study of extremes and contradictions. He approached life empirically, as Walter Pater had taught him at Oxford, but the pupil determined to pursue sensation beyond ... Read more

Oscar Wilde 's literary reputation rests primarily on his later plays and his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). Although he published only fourteen short stories and six prose poems, a me... Read more

In the following negative review of Salomé, the critic discusses Wilde's usage of dialogue and theme from various other literary sources. The downward course of a certain current in E... Read more

In the following essay, Ellmann traces the influence of Wilde's friendships with John Ruskin and Walter Pater on his Salomé. Salomé, after having danced before the imaginations... Read more

In the following essay, Nassaar considers the symbolic significance of the fan in Wilde's Salomé. Lady Windermere's Fan was Oscar Wilde's first mature play, and it estab... Read more

In the following essay, Nassaar and Shaheen discuss stylistic and thematic aspects of Salomé. Wilde's Salomé has a tripartite structure. The moon-goddess Cybele, Salomé,... Read more