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Pre-Raphaelite Paintings in Oliver Parker's Film Adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

In Oliver Parker's film adaptation (2002) of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Cecily's fictional diary features two Victorian paintings: John Everett Millais' The Knight Errant (1870) and John Melhuish Strudwick's Acrasia (1888). In my paper, I explore how these visual reference...

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Published in:Anachronist Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 73 - 83
Main Author: PÉTERI, ÉVA
Format: Article
Published: Anachronist 2023
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Film adaptations
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