The Unmasking of Oscar WildeIgnatius Press, 2004 - 412 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 is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretensions did not bring him happiness and fulfillment. This study of Wilde's brilliant and tragic life goes beyond the mistakes that brought him notoriety in order to explore this emotional and spiritual search. Unlike any other biography of Wilde, it strips away these pretensions to show the real man, his aspirations and desires. It uncovers how he was broken by his two-year prison sentence; it probes the deeper thinking behind masterpieces such as The Picture of Dorian Gray, Salome, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" and "De Profundis"; and it traces his fascination with Catholicism through to his eleventh-hour conversion. Published on the 150th anniversary of his birth, this biography removes the masks which have confused previous biographers and reveals the real Wilde beneath the surface. Once again, Joseph Pearce has written a profound, wide-ranging study with many original insights on a great literary figure. |
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... fact that Wilde remains an enigma . The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde is an attempt to get to grips with that enigma ; it is an endeav- our to solve the mystery that Wilde projects . It is nothing less than a quest for the Real Oscar . Thus ...
... fact that Wilde remains an enigma . The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde is an attempt to get to grips with that enigma ; it is an endeav- our to solve the mystery that Wilde projects . It is nothing less than a quest for the Real Oscar . Thus ...
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... fact , it would have horrified him . He would have seen it as the last and worst insult to his battered reputation . For Wilde , art was ' Daily Telegraph , 23 February 1998 . always Art and it was by this alone that he 13 Preface.
... fact , it would have horrified him . He would have seen it as the last and worst insult to his battered reputation . For Wilde , art was ' Daily Telegraph , 23 February 1998 . always Art and it was by this alone that he 13 Preface.
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... fact a Hungarian opera singer , Alice Guszalewicz , photographed in Cologne in 1906 . The worst example of this sensationalist approach was the allegation that Wilde contracted syphilis as an undergradu- ate at Oxford and that , twenty ...
... fact a Hungarian opera singer , Alice Guszalewicz , photographed in Cologne in 1906 . The worst example of this sensationalist approach was the allegation that Wilde contracted syphilis as an undergradu- ate at Oxford and that , twenty ...
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Joseph Pearce. the lines of his letters and beyond the facts of his everyday life . In this respect , no adequate study exists . The transcen- dent reality at the heart of the man remains an untold mystery . The problem stems from an ...
Joseph Pearce. the lines of his letters and beyond the facts of his everyday life . In this respect , no adequate study exists . The transcen- dent reality at the heart of the man remains an untold mystery . The problem stems from an ...
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... fact that is forgotten by Wilde's detractors as much as by his admirers . In both cases he is condoned or condemned in accordance with the personal prejudices of those sitting in judgement . He is presumed innocent or guilty before the ...
... fact that is forgotten by Wilde's detractors as much as by his admirers . In both cases he is condoned or condemned in accordance with the personal prejudices of those sitting in judgement . He is presumed innocent or guilty before the ...
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Acknowledgements | 19 |
Mother of Masks | 21 |
Star in the Ascendancy | 39 |
Oxford Donned | 51 |
Courting Conversion | 70 |
S Roman Fever | 91 |
Unhappy Hypocrite | 217 |
IS Malice Through the Looking Glass | 228 |
Critic or Artist | 243 |
Friends and Relations | 254 |
Saints and Sinners | 268 |
Fatal Attraction | 276 |
Courting Conviction | 290 |
Descent | 306 |
Loves Web | 110 |
Courting Controversy | 124 |
Poetry and Pose | 134 |
Courting Constance | 155 |
ΙΟ The French Connection | 175 |
Truth and Masks | 185 |
Purity and Passion | 197 |
Poison and Passion | 207 |
Abyss | 320 |
Purgatory | 332 |
Out of the Depths | 348 |
Wilderness | 361 |
Hounded by Heaven | 376 |
Revelations | 387 |
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