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

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

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2016) 66 ; 67-72

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Geschichte Europas

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2016
• Urheber: Posudiyevska, Olga

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.66.67
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072015233239302621
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:54 MEZ