Salome, an Obsessive Compulsive Myth, from Oscar Wilde to Richard Strauss

No female character, more than Salome, carries in herself so much power to debunk and rebut any establishment. Salome is deranged by an obsessive compulsive disorder that leads her to touch everything she desires, repeat things over and over again and count things around her. Oscar Wilde uses these...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacques Coulardeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2010-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cve/2730