Making Oscar Wilde
By: Michèle Mendelssohn
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780198802365
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Social conditions; Irish Authors; Biography
Description: 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."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-341) and index.