THE MAN WHO WAS DORIAN GRAY. (SIGNED).

MCCORMACK, Jerusha Hull.

ISBN 10: 0333961048 / ISBN 13: 9780333961049

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2000

About this Item

8vo. pp xiv, 353. Original publisher's grey boards with lettered gilt at the spine. Signed presentation copy, inscription from author at full title page reads, "For Jennifer, With warm wishes, Jerusha." ISBN: 0333961048 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE MAN WHO WAS DORIAN GRAY. (SIGNED).
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333961048
• ISBN 13: 9780333961049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Everyone knows "The Picture of Dorian Gray", but few know that "Dorian Gray" actually existed. This is his history. In this biography, Jerusha Hull McCormack, an expert on Oscar Wilde and his circle, tells the story of John Gray, a working class boy whose passionate friendship with Oscar Wilde made his name as the reputed model for the character of Dorian Gray. McCormack traces Gray's life from decadent poet to Roman Catholic priest, exploring his changing relationship with Wilde and with his lifelong companion, Andre Raffalovich. Gray's life provides us with fascinating insight into fin-de-siecle literary society and the emerging gay culture of the period.

About the Author

JERUSHA HULL MCCORMACK is a leading scholar of Oscar Wilde and of the 1890s decadence, which Yeats so memorably called 'The Tragic Generation.' Her previous publications include Wilde the Irishman, which she edited, an academic study of John Gray and an edition of his selected prose. A Senior Lecturer in the English Department of University College Dublin Irish Studies, she is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queens University, Belfast.