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The article focuses on the social comedies where a reception is being held, these passages offering a key to understanding not only the lasting popularity of the productions, but also the symbolic value and general ambivalence of Wilde’s theatrical picture of the Victorian upper class. The acts pres...
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Main Author: | Anne-Isabelle François |
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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/2722 |
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