Peculiarities of Russian context in O. Wilde's play "Vera"

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Abstract: At the end of the XIX century the interest of British intellectual circles to the Russian Empire was intensified due to the latest events -the appearance of Nihilists on the Russian political arena. British intellectuals, especially those contradicting Victorian social and moral norms, were inspired by the new type of hero-nihilist- a romantic highly-spiritual revolutionary, struggling for freedom, which was created in their imagination mostly due to Turgenev's works and the lawsuit of Vera Zasulich, widely discussed in European press. This study concentrates on the analysis of the first play by Oscar Wilde Vera, dedicated to the Russian topic, which seems at first sight a naive melodrama with confusion of historical events and features of the Russian social life. The peculiarities of Wilde's perception of Russian reality, as well as literary devices used for creating Russian background, are analyzed. Special attention is paid to the tradition of depicting a mysterious and exotic R

Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

Extent: Online-Ressource

Language: Englisch

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In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2016) 66 ; 67-72

Classification: Geschichte Europas

Event: Veröffentlichung

(where): Mannheim

(when): 2016

Creator: Posudiyevska, Olga

DOI: 10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.66.67

URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072015233239302621

Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.

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Posudiyevska, Olga

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2016

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