The Publishing History of Aubrey Beardsley's Compositions for Oscar Wilde's Salomé
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Dissertation.com
Published: January 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781581120363
Subjects: Theory of art; Publishing; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Oscar Wilde; Book design; Criticism
First sentence: On February 15, 1894, six days after the first English illustrated edition of Oscar Wilde's and Aubrey Beardsley's Salome was published in London by the Bodley Head and in Boston by Copeland and Day, an anonymous book review from The Studio raised a question which continues to intrigue scholars: "whether the compositions do or do not illustrate the text"(184).