Wilde in America
Subtitle: Oscar Wilde and the invention of modern celebrity
By: David M. Friedman
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780393063172
Subjects: Travel
Description: Oscar Wilde was hired to go to America to promote a Gilbert & Sullivan work by presenting lectures on interior decorating. But Wilde had his own business plan. He would go to promote himself. And he did, traveling some 15,000 miles and visiting 150 American cities as he created a template for fame creation that still works today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-294) and index.