Oscar Wilde in Vienna

Oscar Wilde in Vienna is the first book-length study in English of the reception of Oscar Wilde's works in the German-speaking world. Charting the plays' history on Viennese stages between 1903 and 2013, it casts a spotlight on the international reputation of one of the most popular English-language writers while contributing to Austrian cultural history in the long twentieth century.

Based on extensive archival material, the appropriation of Wilde's plays is placed against the background of political crises and social transformations. Within an environment positioned - like Wilde himself - at the crossroads of centre and periphery, tradition and modernity, Sandra Mayer unravels the mechanisms of cultural transfer and canonisation.