Title:
Making Oscar Wilde / Michèle Mendelssohn.
Author:
Mendelssohn, Michèle, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
PR5823 .M39 2018
Abstract:
Witty, inspiring, and charismatic, Oscar Wilde is one of the Greats of English literature. Today, his plays and stories are beloved around the world. But it was not always so. His afterlife has given him the legitimacy that life denied him. 'Making Oscar Wilde' reveals the untold story of young Oscar's career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents, it tracks a larger-than-life hero on an unforgettable adventure to make his name and gain international acclaim. "Success is a science," Wilde believed, "if you have the conditions, you get the result."
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Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198802365
Physical Description:
viii, 360 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 23 cm.
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Contents:
Prologue: What's the matter with Oscar Wilde? -- Part one, 1854-1881. Turning points ; Do you find the world very hollow? ; Astonishing the dons ; Not having set the world quite on fire -- Part two, 1882-1883. Colonel Morse's campaign ; Oscar dear ; Mr Wild of Borneo, or The paddy ; Life imitates art ; Is it manhood? ; The war of art ; Ain't nothing like the real thing ; Son of Speranza ; Underground men ; Going south ; The confederate -- Part three, 1883-1900. Success is a science ; You have made your name ; By the throat -- Epilogue: The private view -- Appendix: The mystery of Wilde's black valet.
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