The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde - Softcover
A powerful – and controversial – study of the brilliant and tragic life of Oscar Wilde, and his lifelong spiritual search
The great poet, satirist and playwright, Oscar Wilde, is as misunderstood today as he was in his own time...
Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, these days he is hailed as a progressive sexual liberator. But this is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretences did not bring him happiness and fulfilment: his art did. This is where Pearce’s search for the man behind the masks is begins.
Rather than lingering on the mistakes which brought him notoriety, this powerful new study of Wilde’s brilliant and tragic life explores the emotional and spiritual search of this fascinating literary figure.
It uncovers how his ‘heart of stone’ was broken by his two-year prison sentence; it probes the deeper thinking behind masterpieces such as ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’ and ‘De Profundis’; and it traces his fascination with Catholicism through to his eleventh-hour conversion.
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The great poet, satirist and playwright, Oscar Wilde, is as misunderstood today as he was in his own time. Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, these days he is hailed as a progressive sexual liberator.
But this is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretences did not bring him happiness and fulfilment: his art did. This is where Pearce's search for the man behind the masks is begins.
Rather than lingering on the mistakes which brought him notoriety, this powerful new study of Wilde's brilliant and tragic life explores the emotional and spiritual search of this fascinating literary figure.
It uncovers how his 'heart of stone' was broken by his two-year prison sentence; it probes the deeper thinking behind masterpieces such as 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' and 'De Profundis'; and it traces his greatest love affair – with the Church.
Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, in the 1990s, Oscar Wilde is hailed as a progressive sexual liberator. But this is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretences did not bring him happiness and fulfilment: his art did. This study of Wilde's brilliant and tragic life does not linger on the mistakes which brought him notoriety, rather, it explores his emotional and spiritual search. It uncovers how he was broken by his two-year prison sentence; it probes the deeper thinking behind masterpieces such as "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" and "De Profundis"; and it traces his fascination with Catholicism through to his eleventh-hour conversion.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0002740516
- ISBN 13 9780002740517
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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