Presents an in-depth study of the complex and tragic life of Oscar Wilde and a tribute to his inimitable wit and brilliant writings
"The first full biography of Oscar Wilde in more than thirty years"--
Because I think we might be great friends. Let us be great friends. You may want a friend some day. LADY WINDERMERE. Why do you say that? LORD DARLINGTON. Oh, we all want friends at times. LADY WINDERMERE. I think we're very good ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest are accompanied by Wilde's prison memoirs, poems, and selected correspondence
The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde's works, and is available in both hardback and this paperback edition.Continuously...
Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life.
In this elegant and affectionate biography of one of the most controversial personalities of the nineteenth century, Barbara Belford breaks new ground in the evocation of Oscar Wilde's personal life...
This book is the first collection of essays to discuss Oscar Wilde’s love and vast knowledge of philosophy.
The Oscar Wilde Encyclopaedia (New York, 1998) Coakley, Denis, Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Irish (1994). Danson, Lawrence, Wilde's Intentions: The Artist in his Criticism (1997). Dowling, Linda, Aestheticism and Decadence: A ...
Oscar Wilde, glamorous and notorious, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers of his verse to meet an unknown and intimate figure.
Here is a collection of this witty and irreverent author's works--all in their most authoritative texts. Includes The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and other stories and essays.