OSCARIANA:The Wit and Maxims of Oscar Wilde

Calloway, Stephen and Colvin, David and Wilde, Oscar

ISBN 10: 0752810405 / ISBN 13: 9780752810409

Published by Orion, 1997

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

Seller Inventory # CHL1397925

Bibliographic Details

• Title: OSCARIANA:The Wit and Maxims of Oscar Wilde
• Publisher: Orion
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752810405
• ISBN 13: 9780752810409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used; Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Published to follow the release of the new movie of Wilde's life, starring Stephen Fry, this collection displays Wilde's fabulous verbal dexterity. Based on two books published during his lifetime - The Maxims of Oscar Wilde and Oscariana - this will be a beautifully designed pastiche of a 19th century "Wit and Wisdom" including illustrations from the Yellow Book.

About the Author

Stephen Calloway is Associate Curator of paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He travels all over the world lecturing on the 1890s. He is a world expert on the art of Aubrey Beardsley and is the Curator of a major exhibition to be staged at the V&A on the work of Beardsley in 1998. Most recently he was consultant on the film The Portrait of a Lady directed by Jane Campion and starring Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich. David Colvin is a man of many talents all of which he employs to the full. He lectures in the history of art; designs books for his own press, Cypher; designs costumes for the Mermaid Theatre and National Theatre; contributes photographs to the Architectual Association library and writes, mainly on the literary characters of the 19th century.