The Illustrated letters of Oscar Wilde - A Life in Letters, Writings and Wit (Hardcover, 2nd Revised Edition)

"I don't regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do anything one does. I lived on honeycomb." Oscar Wilde Although it is over 120 years since his infamous trial for indecency, Oscar Wilde has never held greater fascination for us. This packed illustrated biography tells the life of Oscar Wilde through his own words - private letters, poems, plays, stories and legendary witticisms. It includes his relationships with key artists and writers of the time, including John Ruskin, Charles Ricketts, and Lillie Langtry. It is illustrated throughout with paintings, engravings, contemporary photographs, cartoons and caricatures of Wilde and his social circle. With illustrations and paintings by Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, James Whistler and Max Beerbohm, it is a beautiful evocation of the glittering fin de siecle word by its most fascinating wordsmith and aesthete. The book details Wilde's ruin after the trial and its outcome. The profundity of his writing from prison and exile form an epitaph, not only to his own life, but also for the era that carelessly delighted in it.

General

Imprint:	Batsford
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2020
Authors:	Juliet Gardiner
Dimensions:	190 x 250 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
Edition:	2nd Revised Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84994-583-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > Gay studies (Gay men) Books > Biography > Literary Promotions
LSN:	1-84994-583-7
Barcode:	9781849945837

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