Oscar Wilde : the unrepentant years / Nicholas Frankel

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press , 2017Description: 374 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780674737945
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 92 WIL 
LOC classification:
  • PR5823 .F67 2017
Contents:
Part one. The prison years, 1895-1897: Fettered and chained -- From the depths -- Part two. Oscar Wilde in exile, 1897-1900: Release -- The pursuit of love -- The Ballad of Reading Gaol -- The seduction of Paris -- A confraternity of the damned -- The solace of spectatorship -- Decline and death.
Summary: Nicholas Frankel presents a revisionary account of Oscar Wilde's final years, spent in poverty and exile in Europe following his release from an English prison for the crime of gross indecency between men. Despite repeated setbacks and open hostility, Wilde - unapologetic and even defiant - attempted to rebuild himself as a man, and a man of letters.
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Libro - Monografía Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles 92 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 063523

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one. The prison years, 1895-1897: Fettered and chained -- From the depths -- Part two. Oscar Wilde in exile, 1897-1900: Release -- The pursuit of love -- The Ballad of Reading Gaol -- The seduction of Paris -- A confraternity of the damned -- The solace of spectatorship -- Decline and death.

Nicholas Frankel presents a revisionary account of Oscar Wilde's final years, spent in poverty and exile in Europe following his release from an English prison for the crime of gross indecency between men. Despite repeated setbacks and open hostility, Wilde - unapologetic and even defiant - attempted to rebuild himself as a man, and a man of letters.

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