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Sandra Mayer

Series featuring Sandra Mayer

  • The Many Lives of Benjamin Disraeli
  • Art and Action: The Intersections of Literary Celebrity and Politics
  • TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
# Episode Title Description People Date
3 Oscar Wilde in Vienna: Pleasing and Teasing the Audience Sandra Mayer, author of Oscar Wilde in Vienna, argues it was his willingness to both please and tease his audience. His plays skilfully manoeuvre between conformism and subversion, conventionality and innovation. Sandra Mayer, Dominic Janes, Stefano Evangelista, Mary Luckhurst 20 Feb 2019
2 Disraeli's 'Spectre of Unsatisfied Ambition': Literary Celebrity in/and Political Office Sandra Mayer explores Disraeli's dual commitment to art and action against the background of Victorian celebrity culture. Sandra Mayer 02 Apr 2016
1 Creative Commons Pegasus and Carthorse: The Many Shades of Disraeli’s Celebrity Sandra Mayer assesses the intersections of literary and political fame in Disraeli’s public image. Sandra Mayer 08 Jul 2015