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Making Oscar Wilde (Hardcover)
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Making Oscar Wilde (Hardcover)
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Witty, inspiring, and charismatic, Oscar Wilde is one of the Greats
of English literature. Today, his plays and stories are beloved
around the world. But it was not always so. His afterlife has given
him the legitimacy that life denied him. Making Oscar Wilde reveals
the untold story of young Oscar's career in Victorian England and
post-Civil War America. Set on two continents, it tracks a
larger-than-life hero on an unforgettable adventure to make his
name and gain international acclaim. 'Success is a science,' Wilde
believed, 'if you have the conditions, you get the result.'
Combining new evidence and gripping cultural history, Michele
Mendelssohn dramatizes Wilde's rise, fall, and resurrection as part
of a spectacular transatlantic pageant. With superb style and an
instinct for story-telling, she brings to life the charming young
Irishman who set out to captivate the United States and Britain
with his words and ended up conquering the world. Following the
twists and turns of Wilde's journey, Mendelssohn vividly depicts
sensation-hungry Victorian journalism and popular entertainment
alongside racial controversies, sex scandals, and the growth of
Irish nationalism. This ground-breaking revisionist history shows
how Wilde's tumultuous early life embodies the story of the
Victorian era as it tottered towards modernity. Riveting and
original, Making Oscar Wilde is a masterful account of a life like
no other.
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