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Casa de citas. José Martí, Oscar Wilde y el renacimiento de la fotografía de autor
El artículo reexamina dos crónicas de José Martí en las que el intelectual cubano discute el arribo y primera presentación pública de Oscar Wilde en Nueva York.
Javier Guerrero
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Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest [PDF]
INTRODUCTION "Why attempt to analyse and class such a play ?" (97) Pour certains, le théâtre d\u27Oscar Wilde est daté, dépassé. Ses intérieurs luxueux et ses costumes fin de siècle sont trop différents de la réalité contemporaine, ses personnages oisifs
E. Vernadakis, M. Drugeon
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Abstract I argue that “general pejoratives” such as “jerk” or “bastard” differ crucially from items such as “that damn N”. While items such as the latter typically serve to give vent to one's attitudes, general pejoratives essentially involve judgments about a person's behaviour or character.
Thorsten Sander
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Sexual transgression on the American stage: Clyde Fitch, Sapho, and the 'American Girl' [PDF]
Clyde Fitch's play, Sapho (1900), is significant in the history of theatre censorship in America as a result of the arrests of the leading actress, Olga Nethersole, and several of her entourage.
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Abstract This article explores a series of newspaper articles from 1908, describing Miss C. – a Copenhagen woman who, apparently, hosted carnal orgies in which she ‘converted’ young women into sapphism. While most historical sources only hint at female same‐sex relationships or describe women's romantic (platonic) feelings for one another, these ...
Rikke Andreassen
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A Transdisciplinary Approach: The Picture of Dorian Gray from the Viewpoint of Physics
As we wander around universal literature and some central ideas in Physics, we present a transdisciplinary reading of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, and Quantum Mechanics, thus, pointing out to the importance of inter and ...
José A.O. Huguenin, Gisele G Wolkoff
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オスカー・ワイルドの初・中期詩における音楽の表象 [PDF]
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), an Anglo-Irish author of the nineteenth century, is known to have embraced music both as culture and as an idea. In examining his appreciation of music, musical representations in his earlier poetry should not be overlooked.
中村 仁美
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Where do meanings come from? [PDF]
What is the relation between the bearer of meaning and the source of meaning, and what is it for something to bear meaning? This essay explores two sets of metaphors: on the first, the bearer of meaning is the source of the meaning, and meaning is ...
Van Wyck, Nathan Robinson
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Being good and feeling good: What happiness means to children
Abstract Happiness is one of the most important parenting goals in today's modern society. To promote a happy childhood, we need to understand what happiness means to children. Contrary to the view that young children may equate happiness with satisfying material desires and experiencing simple pleasures, in this article, I review recent developmental ...
Fan Yang
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The Importance Of Trust In Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband (1895): A Sociological Approach [PDF]
The purpose of this study is describing the life style in the late nineteenth century focus on Victorian society. The object of this study is one of play written by Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband, and it takes setting in London.
Azuni, Putri Churatul
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