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