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Title: Invention of Oscar Wilde, The
Author: FRANKEL NICHOLAS
Illustrator: 43 ILLUSTRATIONS
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/08/2021
Imprint: REAKTION
Price: $40.00
Publishing status: Active
One should either wear a work or art, or be a work of art', Wilde once declared.
In The Invention of Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel explores Wilde's self-creation as a 'work of art' and a carefully constructed cultural icon. Frankel takes readers on a journey through Wilde's inventive, provocative life, from his Irish origins – and their public erasure – through his challenges to traditional concepts of masculinity and male sexuality, to his criminal conviction and final years of exile in France. Along the way, Frankel takes a deep look at Wilde's writings, paradoxical wit and intellectual convictions, as well as his marriage and affairs with a series of attractive young men, including his great love Lord Alfred Douglas.
ISBN: 9781789144147
Dimension: 216mm X 138mm