The Wilde Years: Oscar Wilde & the Art of His Time
By Sato & lambourne.
Description
Celebrated for his wit & flamaboyant personality, Oscar Wilde was a central figure in the artistic worlds of fin de siècle London and Paris. He was a poet, playwright, art critic, and, above all, he was known as a virtuoso "conversationalist." Furthermore, the extremity of his fate - imprisonment following his trials in 1895 for homosexual activities - made his name unforgettable as a "martyr" of his time. Focusing on the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the Wilde Years features Oscar Wilde as a central, catalytic figure linking two artistic capitals, L...
ISBN(s)
0856675350, 9780856675355
