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Wilde in the Dream Factory

Decadence and the American Movies

By: Kate Hext

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Wilde in the Dream Factory

Decadence and the American Movies

By: Kate Hext

Hollywood is haunted by the ghost of playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde. This is the story of his haunting, told for the first time. Set within the rich evolving context of how the American entertainment industry became cinema, and how cinema become the movies, it reveals how Wilde helped to shape Hollywood in the early twentieth century. It begins with his 1882 American tour, and traces the ongoing popularity of his plays and novel in the early twentieth century, after his ignominious death. Following the early filmmakers, writers and actors as they headed West in the Hollywood boom, it uncovers how and why they took Wilde's spirit with them. There, in Hollywood, in the early days of silent cinema, Wilde's works were adapted. They were also beginning to define a new kind of style -- a 'Wilde-ish spirit', as Ernst Lubitsch called it -- filtering into the imaginations of Lubitsch himself, as well as Alla Nazimova, Ben Hecht, Samuel Hoffenstein and many others. These were the people who translated Wilde's queer playfulness into the creation of screwball comedies, gangster movies, B-movie horrors, and films noir. There, Wilde and his style embodied a spirit of rebellion and naughtiness, providing a blue-print for the charismatic cinematic criminal and screwball talk onscreen. Discussing films including Bringing Up Baby, Underworld, and Laura, alongside definitive adaptations of Wilde's works, including, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Windermere's Fan, and Salome, Wilde in the Dream Factory revises how we understand both Wilde's afterlife and cinema's beginnings.

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Oxford University Press

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019887538X

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9780198875383

Walter Pater

By: Kate Hext

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Walter Pater

By: Kate Hext

Repositioning Walter Pater at the philosophical nexus of Aestheticism, this study presents the first discussion of how Pater redefines Romantic Individualism through his engagements with modern philosophical discourses and in the context of emerging moder

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748683585

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9780748683581

Kittens

By: Kate Petty

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Kittens

By: Kate Petty

Describes how kittens are born and fed, how they grow and communicate, and how they learn to walk.

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Franklin Watts

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0531172317

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9780531172315

Wilde in the Dream Factory

Decadence and the American Movies

By: Kate Hext

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Decadence and the American Movies

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Walter Pater

Individualism and Aesthetic Philosophy

By: Kate (University of Exeter) Hext

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Individualism and Aesthetic Philosophy

By: Kate (University of Exeter) Hext

Explores how Walter Pater and his contemporary aesthetes were influenced by modern philosophies. Repositioning Walter Pater at the philosophical nexus of Aestheticism, this study presents the first discussion of how Pater redefines Romantic Individualism through his engagements with modern philosophical discourses and in the context of emerging modernity in Britain. It also considers the dynamics between form and thought at the fin de siecle, contextualizing its comments in terms of Matthew Arnold, Oscar Wilde and Vernon Lee and others, to offer a fully integrated account of the intellectual cultures and currents in this period.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748646264

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9780748646265

Memorial of Kate Benedict Freeman

By: Kate Benedict Freeman

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Memorial of Kate Benedict Freeman

By: Kate Benedict Freeman

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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0526991038

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9780526991037

A Treasury of Kate Greenaway Stories

By: Kate Greenaway

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A Treasury of Kate Greenaway Stories

By: Kate Greenaway

A collection of extracts from Kate Greenaway's more famous works, with the author's original illustrations.

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265

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0907789137

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9780907789130

The Kate Greenaway Treasury

An Anthology of the Illustrations and Writings of Kate Greenaway

By: Kate Greenaway

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The Kate Greenaway Treasury

An Anthology of the Illustrations and Writings of Kate Greenaway

By: Kate Greenaway

Antologi med Kate Greenaway's (1846-1901) værker.

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HarperCollins

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000106133X

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Wilde in the Dream Factory

Wilde in the Dream Factory

Walter Pater

Walter Pater

Kittens

Kittens

Wilde in the Dream Factory

Wilde in the Dream Factory

Walter Pater

Walter Pater

Memorial of Kate Benedict Freeman

Memorial of Kate Benedict Freeman

A Treasury of Kate Greenaway Stories

A Treasury of Kate Greenaway Stories

The Kate Greenaway Treasury

The Kate Greenaway Treasury

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