SOURCE: Ellmann, Richard. “Overtures to Wilde's Salomé.” TriQuarterly 15 (spring 1969): 45-64.
In the following essay, Ellmann traces the influence of Wilde's friendships with John Ruskin and Walter Pater on his Salomé.
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