Oscar Wilde
a life
Book - 2021
"The first full biography of Oscar Wilde in more than thirty years"--
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37413319049302 | Aged to lost | Non-fiction | B WILDE STURGIS | Place A Hold |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2021.
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Edition: | First American edition. |
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245 | 1 | 0 | |a Oscar Wilde : |b a life / |c Matthew Sturgis. |
250 | |a First American edition. | ||
264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2021. | |
264 | 4 | |c ©2021. | |
300 | |a xv, 838 pages : |b illustrations, portraits ; |c 25 cm | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
520 | |a "The first full biography of Oscar Wilde in more than thirty years"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Proem -- Part I. The star child. A small unruly boy -- A fair scholar -- Foundation scholarship -- Part II. The nightingale and the rose. Young Oxford -- Heart's yearnings -- Hellas! -- Specially commended -- Part III. The happy prince. A dream of fair women -- The jester and the joke -- Up to snuff -- An English poet -- Part IV. The remarkable rocket. The best place -- Go ahead -- This wide great world -- Bully boy -- Different aspects -- The dream of the poet -- Part V. The devoted friend. Over the Seine -- First drama -- Man of the day -- New relations -- In black and white -- L̕Amour de l̕Impossible -- Woman's world -- Part VI. The Young King. A man in hew -- A bad case -- Suggestive things -- The best society -- The dance of the seven veils -- Charming ball -- White and gold -- Part VII. The selfish giant. The eternal quest for beauty -- Feasting with panthers -- Brief summer months --Enemies of romance -- Scarlet Marquess -- Part VII. The house of judgment. The last first nights -- Hideous words -- The prosecutor -- Regina versus Wilde -- The torrent of prejudice -- Part IX. In Carcere Et Vinculis. The head of Medusa -- The system -- From the depths -- Part X. The fisherman and his soul. Asylum -- Artistic work -- Outcast men -- Bitter experience -- Part XI. The teacher of wisdom. The Parisian temple of pleasure -- Going south -- All over. | |
500 | |a "This is a Borzoi Book" -- From title page verso. | ||
500 | |a "Originally published in hardcover, in a different form, in Great Britain by Apollo Books, an imprint of Head of Zeus Ltd., London, in 2018." -- From title page verso. | ||
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Wilde, Oscar, |d 1854-1900. |
650 | 0 | |a Authors, Irish |y 19th century |v Biography. | |
650 | 0 | |a Gay authors |y 19th century |v Biography. | |
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