Oscar Wilde

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632 pages. Cover wornIn this long-awaited bioraphy, Wilde the legendary Victorian - brilliant writ er 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. Based on fresh mat erial from many hitherto-untapped sources, Ellmann depicts Wilde's comet-like as cent on the Victorian scene and his equally dramatic sudden eclipse. His Irish b ackground, the actresses to whom he paid court, his unfortunate wife and lovers, his clothes, coiffures, and the decor of his rooms - all are presented here in vivid detail. The saga of his 1882 American tour is recounted with a wealth of n ew details; also his later impact on the bastions of the French literary establi shment. 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 epoque a nd the Greece, Italy and North Africa of Wilde'stravels. Ellmann's definitive cr itical 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 perio d of success and daring, the fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas is follo wed by exposure, imprisonment, a few wretched years abroad and death in exile. T he tragic end of Wilde's life leaves the reader with a sense of compassion and g rief for the protagonist. This edition make the popular and best selling biograp hy available in paperback for the first time. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2761f

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