Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews - Softcover

Wilde, Oscar

 
9780252079726: Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252079728 ISBN 13: 9780252079726
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2013

Synopsis

Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought to North America for a major lecture tour on Aestheticism and the decorative arts. With characteristic aplomb, he adopted the role as the ambassador of Aestheticism, and he tried out a number of phrases, ideas, and strategies that ultimately made him famous as a novelist and playwright. This exceptional volume cites all ninety-one of Wilde's interviews and contains transcripts of forty-eight of them, and it also includes his lecture on his travels in America.

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About the Author

Matthew Hofer is an associate professor of English at the University of New Mexico. Gary Scharnhorst is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico and the author of Bret Harte: Opening the American Literary West and other works.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252079728
ISBN 13 
9780252079726
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
208
Editor
Hofer Matthew, Scharnhorst Gary

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