Salome
By: Oscar Wilde ; edited by Kimberly J. Stern
Contributors: Stern, Kimberly Jo, 1977- editor
Series: Broadview editions
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ontario
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781554811892
Subjects: Drama; 18.05 English literature
Work titles: Salomé
Description: Salome is Oscar Wilde's most experimental--and controversial--play. In its own time, the play, written in French, was described by a reviewer as "an arrangement in blood and ferocity, morbid, bizarre, repulsive." None, however, could deny the importance of Wilde's creation. Contemporary audiences and reviewers variously regarded Salome as the symbol of a thrilling modernity, a challenge to patriarchy, a confession of desire, a sign of moral decay, a new form of art, and a revolt against the restraints of Victorian society. Less well known than Wilde's beloved comedies, Salome is as enduringly modern and relevant. This edition uses the English translation done by Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and overseen and corrected by Wilde himself. Appendices detail the play's sources and provide extensive materials on its contemporary reception and dramatic productions. --Provided by publisher.
Notes: This edition of the play uses the English translation by Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and overseen by Wilde himself.

Translation of: Salomé.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Oscar Wilde: a brief chronology; title: A note on the text; title: Salome; title: Appendix A: Sources; title: Appendix B: A visual history; title: Appendix C: Contemporary responses; title: Appendix D: Translation history; title: Appendix E: Performance history.