Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews
Author(s): Oscar Wilde
Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought to North America for a major lecture tour on Aestheticism and the decorative arts. With characteristic aplomb, he adopted the role as the ambassador of Aestheticism, and he tried out a number of phrases, ideas, and strategies that ultimately made him famous as a novelist and playwright. This exceptional volume cites all ninety-one of Wilde's interviews and contains transcripts of forty-eight of them, and it also includes his lecture on his travels in America.
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"[A] rewarding, absorbing, and necessary book."--"The Gay and Lesbian Review"
General Fields
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- : University of Illinois Press
- : University of Illinois Press
- : 30 June 2013
- : 229mm X 152mm X 23mm
- : United States
- : 01 July 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : 208
- : Paperback / softback
- : Oscar Wilde