Wilde in the Dream Factory: Decadence and the American Movies
Autor Kate Hexten Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 mar 2024
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ISBN-13: 9780198875376
ISBN-10: 0198875371
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 140 x 224 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0198875371
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 140 x 224 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Brilliant ! A wide-ranging excavation of Wilde's overlooked presence in early American cinema, from the first silent movies through to the gangster narratives, screwball comedies, and film noirs of the 1930s and 1940s, written with all the verve and sparkle of a Wildean aphorism. If Wilde's effects on early cinema were not always frankly acknowledged, Hext shows they were nonetheless profound. Leading figures of the period - Alla Nazimova, Ernst Lubitsch, Ben Hecht, Mae West, Greta Garbo, Edward G. Robinson, Alfred Hitchcock - appear here in a new and utterly fascinating light. This is a major contribution to film studies, as well as to understanding of American cultural history and Wildeâs legacy in popular culture.
In this original, impressively researched, charmingly written study of Oscar Wilde's influence on American culture and movies, Kate Hext reveals many surprising branches of aestheticism and decadence. Ranging from Nazimova to Bogart and beyond, she demonstrates that despite Puritanism and the Production Code, classic Hollywood made Oscar sexy and fun, not just a statuette.
Oscar goes to Hollywood in Kate Hext's outrageously witty projection of Wilde's posthumous 'career' in La-La Land. A brilliantly researched and beautifully written book which proves that the early cinema was far queerer than we might have assumed.
Kate Hext takes us on a Wilde ride through the first few decades of the American film industry that's as insightful and illuminating as it is good plain fun.
Hext is a subtle, observant, lively and persuasive writer. She knows her stuff and never takes it too solemnly. Her book is a winner.
In this original, impressively researched, charmingly written study of Oscar Wilde's influence on American culture and movies, Kate Hext reveals many surprising branches of aestheticism and decadence. Ranging from Nazimova to Bogart and beyond, she demonstrates that despite Puritanism and the Production Code, classic Hollywood made Oscar sexy and fun, not just a statuette.
Oscar goes to Hollywood in Kate Hext's outrageously witty projection of Wilde's posthumous 'career' in La-La Land. A brilliantly researched and beautifully written book which proves that the early cinema was far queerer than we might have assumed.
Kate Hext takes us on a Wilde ride through the first few decades of the American film industry that's as insightful and illuminating as it is good plain fun.
Hext is a subtle, observant, lively and persuasive writer. She knows her stuff and never takes it too solemnly. Her book is a winner.
Notă biografică
She is author of Walter Pater: Individualism and Aesthetic Philosophy (2013), and co-editor of Decadence in the Age of Modernism (2019).