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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... Rome . Furthermore , whereas Shaw remained a puritan even when he had ceased to be a Protestant , Wilde's whole life was a war against puritanism . In this , as in so much else , Wilde was merely following a trail that his mother had ...
... success in winning others to Rome was causing considerable alarm among the hierarchy of the (Protestant) Church of Ireland. It was Wilde's wanderings in this garden that so alarmed his father, who feared that his son could Oxford Donned.
... Rome. For Wilde himself the garden was one of delights, offering a paradoxical mixture of aesthetic experiences: the odour of sanctity and the scent of scandal. His conversion, if he were to take the decisive step, would certainly ...
Joseph Pearce. a dogma merely reinforced their protest against Rome, confirming their suspicions that there was something inherently pernicious about Catholicism. It is interesting, therefore, that Wilde should find himself attracted to ...
... Rome. His disappointment found voice in 'Rome Unvisited', possibly the best known and most accomplished of his religious verses. At the heart of this poem, which apparently elicited the praise of Newman when Wilde sent it him, was the ...
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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 | |