Mrs Erlynne, Forms, Functions and Figures of Negation in Oscar Wilde’s Society Comedies
Negation appears in Wilde’s four society comedies in various ways. Prejudiced high-society members emphatically resist the advent of a mixed, open society, a refusal which is tapped for its dramatic potential. Others, mostly outcasts or adventurers, but also inside outsiders, resent society as it is...
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Main Author: | Jacqueline Fromonot |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2010-12-01
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Series: | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cve/2714 |
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