“A Woman Who is Dead”: The Tragedy, Transgression, and Religiousness of Oscar Wilde’s Salome
This article aims at analysing Oscar Wilde’s play Salome (1891) under the lens of Georges Bataille’s theory of transgression and eroticism, and the notion of eros present in archaic Greek lyric poetry. Salome takes place in Herod Antipas’ palace during the night of a banquet and follows the court an...
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Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses
2023-04-01
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| Series: | ABEI Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/abei/article/view/210566 |