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"The biography sensitive to the tragic pattern of the story of a great subject: Oscar Wilde - psychologically and sexually complicated, enormously quotable, central to a alluring cultural world and someone whose life assumed an unbearably dramatic shape."@en
"In this long-awaited biography, Wilde the legendary Victorian--brilliant writer and conversationalist, reckless flouter of social and sexual conventions--is brought to life. More astute and forbearing, yet more fallible than legend has allowed, Wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. The author depicts Wilde's comet-like ascent on the Victorian scene and his equally dramatic sudden eclipse. He presents Wilde's Irish background, the actresses to whom he paid court, his unfortunate wife and lovers, his clothes, coiffures, and the decor of his rooms. The saga of his 1882 American tour is recounted with a wealth of new details; also his later impact on the bastions of the French literary establishment. The London of the Nineties, of Whistler and the Pre-Raphaelites, Lillie Langtry and the Prince of Wales, is evoked alongside Paris of the "belle époque" and the Greece, Italy and North Africa of Wilde's travels. This critical account of Wilde's entire oeuvre shows him as the proponent of a radical new aesthetic who was perilously at odds with Victorian society. After his period of success and daring, the fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas is followed by exposure, imprisonment, a few wretched years abroad and death in exile. The tragic end of Wilde's life leaves the reader with a sense of compassion and grief for the protagonist."
"Biografie van de Ierse letterkundige (1854-1900)."
"In this biography, Wilde the legendary Victorian--brilliant writer and conversationalist, reckless flouter of social and sexual conventions--is brought to life. More astute and forbearing, yet more fallible than legend has allowed, Wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. The author depicts Wilde's comet-like ascent on the Victorian scene and his equally dramatic sudden eclipse. He presents Wilde's Irish background, the actresses to whom he paid court, his unfortunate wife and lovers, his clothes, coiffures, and the decor of his rooms. The saga of his 1882 American tour is recounted with a wealth of new details; also his later impact on the bastions of the French literary establishment. The London of the Nineties, of Whistler and the Pre-Raphaelites, Lillie Langtry and the Prince of Wales, is evoked alongside Paris of the "belle époque" and the Greece, Italy and North Africa of Wilde's travels. This critical account of Wilde's entire oeuvre shows him as the proponent of a radical new aesthetic who was perilously at odds with Victorian society. After his period of success and daring, the fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas is followed by exposure, imprisonment, a few wretched years abroad and death in exile. The tragic end of Wilde's life leaves the reader with a sense of compassion and grief for the protagonist."

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"Biographie"
"Biography"@en
"Biography"
"Criticism, interpretation, etc"
"Biografieën (vorm)"
"Biografia"
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"Oscar Wilde [Ellmann]"
"Oskar Uaĭlʹd"
"Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann"
"Oscar Wilde : [ett författarliv]"@sv
"Oscar Wilde, two approaches : papers read at a Clark Library Seminar, April 17, 1967"@en
"Oscar Wilde : [biography]"
"Оскар Уайльд"
"Oskar Uailʹd : biografii︠a︡"
"Oscar Wilde"@en
"Oscar Wilde"
"Oscar Wilde"@it
"Oscar Wilde"@es
"Oscar Wilde : Biographie"
"Oscar Wilde : two approaches : papers read at a Clark Library Seminar, April 17, 1976"@en
"Oscar Wilde : a biography"@en
"Oscar Wilde two approaches : papers read at a Clark Library seminar, April 17, 1976"@en
"Oscar Wild"@en
"Oscar Wilde. A collection of critical essays. Edited by Richard Ellman"@en
"Oscar wilde"@pt
"Oscar Wilde : two approaches : papers read at a Clark Library seminar, April 17, 1976"
"Oscar Wilde : two approaches : papers read at a Clark Library seminar, April 17, 1976"@en

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