Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde
Language: English
Published by Henry Holt and Co., 2009
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Near Fine condition hardcover book, Very Good condition dust jacket. First U.S. Edition. Beautiful gilt lettering on spine, not worn. Very slight bumping to spine ends and slightest bumping to cover corners. Slightest smudging to text block edges. Dust jacket unclipped. Dust jacket has slightest shelf wear and slight bumping to edges. Two small tears to bottom edge, both less than 1/4 inch. Jacket protected by mylar. All books are individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically described as such.
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- Title
- Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde
- Author
- Wright, Thomas
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0805089934
- ISBN 13
- 9780805089936
- Edition
- 1st Edition
An entirely new kind of biography, Built of Books explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books
This intimate account of Oscar Wildes life and writings is richer, livelier, and more personal than any book available about the brilliant writer, revealing a man who built himself out of books. His library was his reality, the source of so much that was vital to his life. A reader first, his readerly encounters, out of all of lifes pursuits, are seen to be as significant as his most important relationships with friends, family, or lovers. Wildes library, which Thomas Wright spent twenty years reading, provides the intellectual (and emotional) climate at the core of this deeply engaging portrait.
One of the books happiest surprises is the story of the authors adventure reading Wildes library. Reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borgess fictional hero who enters Cervantess mind by saturating himself in the culture of sixteenth-century Spain, Wright employs Wilde as his own Virgilian guide to world
literature. We come to understand how reading can be an extremely sensual experience, producing a physical as well as a spiritual delight.
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