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Title

The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde

Publisher

Harper Collins

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0002740427

ISBN 13

9780002740425

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

2nd impr.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Signed by author

Book Type

Binding sound, text unamrked

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Synopsis

A powerful – and controversial – study of the brilliant and tragic life of Oscar Wilde, and his lifelong spiritual search.

The great poet, satirist and playwright, Oscar Wilde, is as misunderstood today as he was in his own time…

Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, these days he is hailed as a progressive sexual liberator. But this is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretences did not bring him happiness and fulfilment: his art did. This is where Pearce’s search for the man behind the masks begins.

This powerful new study of Wilde’s brilliant and tragic life is published on the Centenary of his death. Rather than lingering on the mistakes which brought him notoriety, it explores follows the emotional and spiritual search of this fascinating literary figure.

It uncovers how his ‘heart of stone’ was broken by his two-year prison sentence; it probes the deeper thinking behind masterpieces such as ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’ and ‘De Profundis’; and it traces his fascination with Catholicism through to his eleventh-hour conversion.

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Joseph Pearce is a major author for HarperCollinsReligious.

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