Oscar Wilde and the yellow 'nineties [Oscar Wilde -- Speranza -- The student -- The aesthete tries his wings -- Lily of love, pure inviolate -- A most intense young man -- The sunflower comes to America -- The lecturing Ossian -- In the gown of Balzac -- Constance -- Wilde and the butterfly -- Part two: And the yellow 'nineties -- On the threshold of the 'nineties -- Dorian Gray -- The lost generation -- The higher philosophy -- Success -- Enter the Marquis of Queensberry -- The green carnation -- The yellow book and The savoy -- The Marquis leaves a card -- The booby trap -- Morality versus art -- The love that dare not speak its name -- The trap shuts down -- De profundis -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- In the circle of the Boulevards]

Winwar, Frances, 1900-1985 (Frances Vinciguerra Grebanier). [subject: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900] ; illustration by Simon ; foreword by Alfred Lord Douglas

Published by Garden City, N.Y., Blue Ribbon Books, 1941, 1941

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vii, 381 pages frontispiece (portrait) 22 cm ; LCCN: 41-24742 ; LC: PR5823; Dewey: 928.2 ; OCLC: 635129 ; orange cloth, in dustjacket ; Contents: Part one: Oscar Wilde -- Speranza -- The student -- The aesthete tries his wings -- Lily of love, pure inviolate -- A most intense young man -- The sunflower comes to America -- The lecturing Ossian -- In the gown of Balzac -- Constance -- Wilde and the butterfly -- Part two: And the yellow 'nineties -- On the threshold of the 'nineties -- Dorian Gray -- The lost generation -- The higher philosophy -- Success -- Enter the Marquis of Queensberry -- The green carnation -- The yellow book and The savoy -- The Marquis leaves a card -- The booby trap -- Morality versus art -- The love that dare not speak its name -- The trap shuts down -- De profundis -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- In the circle of the Boulevards. ; dustjacket illustration by Simon ; name on front endpaper ; VG. Seller Inventory # 007179

Bibliographic Details

Title: Oscar Wilde and the yellow 'nineties [Oscar ...

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Blue Ribbon Books, 1941

Publication Date: 1941

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Book Type: Book