| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xv, 838 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [673]-799) and index. |
| Summary |
"The first full biography of Oscar Wilde in more than thirty years"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
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 -- L̕Amour de l̕Impossible -- 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. |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi Book" -- From title page verso. |
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"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. |
| Subject |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
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Authors, Irish -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Gay authors -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. (OCoLC)fst00033910
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Authors, Irish. (OCoLC)fst00822116
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Gay authors. (OCoLC)fst00939062
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Oscar
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Sturgis, Matthew. Oscar Wilde. First American edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021 9780525656371 (DLC) 2020054353 |
| ISBN |
9780525656364 (hardcover) |
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0525656367 (hardcover) |
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