Mendelssohn Michele (Associate Professor Of English Associate Professor Of English Mansfield College Oxford) - Making Oscar Wilde - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 this book 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 Mich le 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.
Title: Making Oscar Wilde
Author(s): Mendelssohn Michele (Associate Professor Of English Associate Professor Of English Mansfield College Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198802372
Pages: 368 Pages, Includes A 24 Page Plate Section
Publication Date: 11/1/2020
Category: Social & Cultural History