TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rose,David Charles
TI  - Oscar Wilde's Elegant republic: transformation, dislocation and fantasy in fin-de-si�ecle Paris 
SN  - 1443887633
AV  - DC735 
U1  - 944 23
PY  - 2015///
KW  - Wilde, Oscar,
KW  - Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Biography: arts & entertainment
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Europe
KW  - France
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Homes
KW  - fast
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Travel
KW  - Paris (France)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History
KW  - Paris
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Why was Paris so popular as a place of both innovation and exile in the late nineteenth century? Using French, English and American sources, this first volume of a trilogy provides a possible answer with a detailed exploration of both the city and its communities, who, forming a varied cast of colourful characters from duchesses to telephonists, artists to beggars, and dancers to diplomats, crowd the stage. Through the throng moves Oscar Wilde as the connecting thread: Wilde exploratory, Wilde triumphant, Wilde ruined. This use of Wilde as a central figure provides both a cultural history of P
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