Oscar Wilde - A Certain Genius

___________________ ''An elegant and affectionate biography of this controversial man'' - DAILY MAIL ''It is the way Belford sets Wilde in the cultural and sexual context of his times that gives this book its power ... I doubt whether anyone has seen Oscar quite as plain before'' - SCOTSMAN ___________________ After William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) is the most quoted of writers. His epigrams turned conventions upside down and are part of our cultural inheritance. His personality defined an era. His popularity as a wit, a dramatist and an icon continues to grow. Over one hundred years after Wilde''s death, he remains entertaining and outlandish, talking about everything and nothing. Wilde''s rise to prominence as an unparalleled playwright of high comedy, and his ego-driven fall from grace continue to fascinate. His life, famous trial and his death were played out in the full glare of the public''s gaze. Barbara Belford''s Wilde is for a new generation of readers: not the tragic figure, the martyr, the self-destructive fop. Instead Belford explores his sexuality in a more relaxed manner than previous biographers, she opens up the gaps between the facts to portray Oscar Wilde in all his complexity, genius and humanity.>

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Belford, Belford Barbara
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.09.2001
• EAN: 9780747553250
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-5325-0
• No. of pages: 383
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Paperbacks; Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Wilde, Oscar, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, English, c 1800 to c 1900, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Biography: writers, Relating to gay people, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, Literary studies: plays and playwrights