Reclaiming the Body and the Spirit in Oscar Wilde’s <em>Salomé</em>

This paper explores Irish identity through a recent production of Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé. The title character has been historically constructed as an object of sexuality and a paradigm of evil. Salomé is the opposite of the other principal character in the play Iokanaan, or John the Baptist, whos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David Cregan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2015-06-01
Series:Studi Irlandesi : a Journal of Irish Studies
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis/article/view/7243