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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... Father Charles Dilke of the London Oratory and to the Archivist at the Jesuit church in Farm Street for their valuable time and assistance in providing background material. Staff at the Department of Manuscripts and Records of the ...
... father's stance to its logical conclusion , becoming a Roman Catholic in 1897. Following his ordination , Father Maturin gained a reputation as a well - known pulpit orator , becoming chaplain to the undergraduates at Oxford where he ...
... father , became a lawyer . Lady Wilde's mother , Sarah , was the daughter of another Protestant cleric , Thomas ... father's side was a cause of some embarrassment both to Lady Wilde and to Oscar himself . They both considered ...
... father's ' . 2 It is intriguing to compare Wilde's ancestry and social position within Irish society with that of his great contemporary , George Bernard Shaw . In 1689 , Captain William Shaw had sailed from Hampshire to Ireland to ...
... Father Lawrence Fox , and asked him whether she could bring the two children to Mass . Soon afterwards , she requested that Oscar and Willie be baptized as Catholics . Father Fox duly obliged . ' After a few weeks I baptized these two ...
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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 | |