Wilde's development as a playwright. . . becoming the high priest of the aesthetic movement; his successes . . . his celebrity. . . and in later years, his irresistible pull toward another—double—life, in flagrant defiance and disregard ...
Wilde the writer is known to us from his plays and prose fiction, yet it was in his conversation that his genius reached its summit. His talk is lost, his...
Analyzes the poetry, novels, and plays of this 19th century writer and reveals his influence on modern literature.
"The first full biography of Oscar Wilde in more than thirty years"--
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). British dramatist whose works and wit often attracted scandalized protest. Writings include: The Happy Prince, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest.
This study of Oscar Wilde updates and reconceptualizes the bibliographic objectives of Oscar Wilde Revalued, and surveys research on Wilde from 1992-2000 in a more explicitly evaluative manner.
Describes the author's relationship with Oscar Wilde and the people he associated with through an imaginary conversation with a fictional writer.
Certainly a violet sky and then , in place of an orchestra , braziers of perfume . Think the scented clouds rising and partly veiling the stage from time to time a new perfume for each new emotion ! '32 However , when Sarah Bernhardt ...
Professor Kohl's aim is to gain fresh insight into his literary and critical œuvre of Oscar Wilde.
Oscar Wilde: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism
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...
'Some said my life was a lie but I always knew it to be the truth; for like the truth it was rarely pure and never simple' Oscar Wilde, 3 days before his death Oscar Wilde was one of the great personalities of his age.
The series includes novels, drama, short stories, poetry, essays and other types of non-fiction. Each edition has the complete text with an appropriate glossary.
On Wilde's American lecture tour see Richard Butler Glaenzer (ed.), Decorative Art in America (New York: Brentano's, 1906); Lloyd Lewis and Henry Justin Smith, Oscar Wilde Discovers America (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1936); Philippe ...
Collects eight essays that provide critical analyses of the writings of Oscar Wilde, and includes an introduction by Harold Bloom as well as a chronology.
Oscar Wilde: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism
This book is an anthology of 230 brilliant quotes and aphorisms from Oscar Wilde and selected from Blago Kirov facts about Oscar Wilde.
McKenna, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde (New York: Basic Books, 2005), 434. 83. ... Librairie de l'Art Indépendent, 1893), quoted in Nicholas Frankel, Oscar Wilde's Decorated Books (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000), 60.
Presents more than thirty-five of the prolific poet's works, including "Ravenna," "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," and "Le Jardin."