Oscar Wilde : a certain genius /
Belford, Barbara.
Oscar Wilde : a certain genius / Barbara Belford. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, 2000. - xiv, 381 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-360) and index.
Part one (1854-1878): Becoming -- Lord of life -- Merrion Square -- Away from home -- Budding aesthete -- Magdalen Manners -- Part two (1879-1883): Reinventing -- Artists and beauties -- Aesthetes and dandies -- A second self -- New scenarios -- Part three (1884-1891): Rebelling -- Mrs. Oscar Wilde -- Crossing over -- Enemies and friends -- The Dorian prophecy -- Part four (1892-1895): Flaunting -- More than laughter -- Translating ecstasy -- Mostly famous -- A broken line -- Part five (1895-1900): Reconciling -- The last first night -- Touching sorrow -- Misbegotten yesterdays -- Stealing happiness.
"Based on extensive study of original sources and animated throughout by historical detail, anecdote, and insight, the narrative traces Wilde's progression from his childhood in an intellectual Irish household to his maturity as a London author to the years of his European exile."--Jacket.
0679457348
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Authors, Irish--19th century--Biography.
PR 5823 / B428o 2000
828
Oscar Wilde : a certain genius / Barbara Belford. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, 2000. - xiv, 381 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-360) and index.
Part one (1854-1878): Becoming -- Lord of life -- Merrion Square -- Away from home -- Budding aesthete -- Magdalen Manners -- Part two (1879-1883): Reinventing -- Artists and beauties -- Aesthetes and dandies -- A second self -- New scenarios -- Part three (1884-1891): Rebelling -- Mrs. Oscar Wilde -- Crossing over -- Enemies and friends -- The Dorian prophecy -- Part four (1892-1895): Flaunting -- More than laughter -- Translating ecstasy -- Mostly famous -- A broken line -- Part five (1895-1900): Reconciling -- The last first night -- Touching sorrow -- Misbegotten yesterdays -- Stealing happiness.
"Based on extensive study of original sources and animated throughout by historical detail, anecdote, and insight, the narrative traces Wilde's progression from his childhood in an intellectual Irish household to his maturity as a London author to the years of his European exile."--Jacket.
0679457348
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Authors, Irish--19th century--Biography.
PR 5823 / B428o 2000
828