![]() ![]() It would appear that, unlike the French and English, for the German public the synergy created by awareness of Wilde's fall and early death together with this stage demonstration of his creative vision led to a passionate embrace of the play. The rise in Wilde's reputation over the past decade has led to several reappraisals of many aspects of Salome, including the matter of the startling popularity of the play in Germany and Austria. ![]() Much more than chronological considerations make it imperative to conduct this investigation, for the complex nature of the German critical response to Wilde's one-act tragedy has been misunderstood. This has little to do either with the passing of a century since the author's death or, scarcely three years later, the unparalleled flowering of Salome on the German stage. Eugene Davis Purdue University REINTEKPEETATION of the German reception of Oscar Wilde's Salome is overdue. ![]() 1 Marcus Behmer's drawing of Salome Illustration from Hedwig Lachmann's translation Oscar Wilde, Salome, and the German Press 1902-1905 W. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:įig. ![]()
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