The Unmasking of Oscar WildeIgnatius Press, 3. 9. 2009 - 400 strán (strany) Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, Oscar Wilde, the great poet, satirist and playwright, is hailed today, in some circles, as a progressive sexual liberator. But this image is not how Wilde saw himself. Joseph Pearce's biography strips away pretensions to show the real man, his aspirations and desires. It uncovers how he was broken by his prison sentence; it probes the deeper thinking behind masterpieces such as The Picture of Dorian Gray and De Profundis; and it traces his fascination with Catholicism through to his eleventh-hour conversion. Pearce removes the masks and reveals the Wilde beneath the surface. He has written a profound, wide-ranging study with many original insights on a great literary figure. |
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Joseph Pearce. JOSEPH PEARCE The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO Original edition published by HarperCollins, London © 2000 by Joseph.
Joseph Pearce. Original edition published by HarperCollins, London © 2000 by Joseph Pearce Front jacket photograph of Oscar Wilde reproduced courtesy of the V&A Picture Library © 2004 Ignatius Press, San Francisco All rights reserved ...
... Wilde's life and legacy that the search for new primary source material is akin to prospecting for gold. The precious few nuggets which adorn this volume were collected during sorties to Oxford and London, most particularly to the ...
... Wilde's disingenuousness throws the very nature of her nationalism into question. Whereas Thomas Davis wrote ... London, and then only when he was paid to do so as a lecturer. He did not consider himself an Irish expatriate and ...
... Wilde's character that she retained, in theory at least if not in practice, until her last days. 'Give me passion!' she exclaimed in full hearing of all those present during a lull in proceedings at a dinner party in London in the 1880s ...
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Malice Through the Looking Glass | |
Critic or Artist | |
Friends and Relations | |
Saints and Sinners | |
Fatal Attraction | |
Courting Conviction | |
Descent | |
Abyss | |
Courting Controversy | |
Poetry and Pose | |
Courting Constance | |
The French Connection | |
Truth and Masks | |
Purity and Passion | |
Poison and Passion | |
Unhappy Hypocrite | |
Purgatory | |
Out of the Depths | |
Wilderness | |
Hounded by Heaven | |
Revelations | |
Endnotes | |