Oscar Wilde : a life / Matthew Sturgis.
"The first full biography of Oscar Wilde in more than thirty years"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525656364
- ISBN: 0525656367
- Physical Description: xv, 838 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi Book" -- From title page verso. "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. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Ú¾LAmour de Ú¾lImpossible -- 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. |
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Subject: | Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Authors, Irish > 19th century > Biography. Gay authors > 19th century > Biography. Gay authors. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 17 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Marion Library | BIO WIL (Text) | 37810435780316 | Adult Biography | Available | - |