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Oscar Wilde and Modern Culture: The Making of a Legend
PreviewOscar Wilde, Lady Gregory, and late-Victorian table-talk / Lucy McDiarmid -- Sexuality in the age of technological reproducibility: Oscar Wilde, photography, and identity / Daniel A. Novak -- Salomé as bombshell, or, How Oscar Wilde became ...
Lady Jane Wilde's Letters to Oscar Wilde, 1875-1895: A ...
Lady WildeThis book presents Lady Wilde's letters to her son, Oscar Wilde, correspondence which began when Oscar left Trinity College, Dublin, to attend Oxford University and ended just before Oscar was charged in 1895 with offenses under Section ...
The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildePresents a collection of Oscar Wilde's book reviews.
Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations
Oscar WildeAmusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.
Oscar Wilde Prefigured: Queer Fashioning and British ...
Dominic JanesThat there is a queeras opposed to merely homosexualhistory before Oscar Wilde will come as news to many in the sexuality studies field. Oscar Wilde Prefigured.
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian ...
Oscar Wilde90 Whistler, James Abbott McNeill 368-9, 424 Whitechapel 1 8, 1 1 9, 1 8 1 , 203, 287, 375, 429 White's 32, 192,379,430 Whitman, Walt xxxix Wilde, Jane Francesca ('Speranza') 365 Wilde, Oscar 'Art at Willis's Rooms' 435 'Ave Imperatrix' 373 ...
Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death: Oscar Wilde Mystery: 2
Gyles BrandrethOscar Wilde Mystery: 2 Gyles Brandreth. doorway facing him. 'Good luck, my friend. I've no doubt tonight the better man will win.' 'Thank you,' rasped the boxer. 'And by breakfast, Oscar, all your worries willbe over.Iwill have survived and you'll ...
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile: Oscar Wilde Mystery: 3
Gyles BrandrethOscar Wilde Mystery: 3 Gyles Brandreth. 11. A. Mother's. Touch. C lutching a single capacious handbag in one hand and holding the biscuit tin containing Traquair's remains under his arm with the other, Oscar left Paris for London by the two ...
Wilde’s Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and ...
PreviewStudies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century Annette M. Magid ... An additional detail regarding the name “Wilde” is posited to 2 Frederick C. Blodi, “William R. Wilde (1815-1876) in Vienna,” ...
Oscar Wilde
Frank HarrisA biography of Oscar Wilde, this book offers a look at Wilde's rise and fall.
Oscar Wilde in Context
PreviewJames Eli Adams No author in the history of literature in English has been more prominent as a visual icon, both in life and afterwards, than Oscar Wilde. That visibility is both a testament to and a source of Wilde's power, almost from his first ...
The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family
Emer O'SullivanIn a major repositioning of our first modern celebrity, The Fall of the House of Wilde identifies Oscar Wilde as a member of one of the most dazzling Irish American families of Victorian times, and places him in the broader social, ...
The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family
Emer O'SullivanIn a major repositioning of our first modern celebrity, The Fall of the House of Wilde identifies Oscar Wilde as a member of one of the most dazzling Irish American families of Victorian times, and places him in the broader social, ...
Oscar Wilde: Reminiscences
André GidePersonal recollections from André Gide on a man who profoundly influenced his work—Oscar Wilde André Gide, a towering figure in French letters, draws upon his friendship with Oscar Wilde to sketch a compelling portrait of the tragic, ...
Oscar Wilde
PreviewSince the number of articles, reviews, and books on Wilde that have appeared since 1881 is overwhelming, this volume ... I have used the following abbreviations in the introduction and headnotes: Letters The Letters of Oscar Wilde, ed.
Collins complete works of Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeA comprehensive collection of Wilde's works including poems, plays, letters, essays, and stories.
Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)
Oscar WildeThe publication of such a pamphlet was calculated to injure both Sir William and Lady Wilde in public esteem, and Miss Travers was not content to let the matter rest there. She drew attention to the pamphlet by letters to the papers, and on one ...
Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity
Michael Patrick Gillespie. . . This book has authority and thoroughness."--Roy Gottfried, Vanderbilt University Oscar Wilde and the Poetics of Ambiguity presents an inclusive approach to Wilde criticism.
Oscar Wilde - The Major Works
Oscar WildeThis authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.
The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde
Joseph PearceDetails the life of Oscar Wilde, including his work as an author, his fascination with Catholicism, and his time in prison for a homosexual affair.
Coffee with Oscar Wilde
Merlin HollandPresents a fictionalized interview with Oscar Wilde, where the colorful literary figure discusses such topics as his sexual preferences and his famous trial and imprisonment.
Oscar Wilde's Chatterton: Literary History, Romanticism, and ...
Joseph BristowAncient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland. Boston: Ticknor, 1888. ——— . Lady Jane Wilde's Letters to Oscar Wilde, 1875–1895: A Critical Edition. Edited by Karen Sasha Anthony Tipper. Lewiston, PA: Edwin Mellen Press, ...
Oscar Wilde
Jarlath KilleenThis collection of original articles on Oscar Wilde and his writings covers all aspects of his work, from his neglected poetry to his renowned The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Oscar Wilde: Myths, Miracles and Imitations
John StokesOscar Wilde was a major influence on the culture of his time, and remains relevant today, as a model of wit and style, a sexual icon, and a moral example.
The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeCounterpoints 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.
Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders: A Mystery
Gyles BrandrethAuthors Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle team up to find a determined killer whose victims are tied to the inner workings of the Roman Catholic Church.
Oscar Wilde in Context
PreviewConcise and illuminating articles explore Oscar Wilde's life and work in the context of the turbulent landscape of his time.
The Artist As Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeThe Artist as Critic is a wide selection of Wilde's book reviews as well as famous longer works such as "The Portrait of Mr. W.H.," "The Soul Man under Socialism," and the four essays which make up Intentions.
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