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Oscar Wilde: A Collection of Critical Essays (Twentieth Century Views)

ELLMANN, RICHARD

Literature & Fiction

PRENTICE/HALL

In this long-awaited bioraphy, Wilde the legendary Victorian - brilliant writer and conversationalist, reckless flouter of social and sexual conventions - is brought to life. More astute and forbearing, yet more fallible than legend has allowed, Wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. Based on fresh material from many hitherto-untapped sources, Ellmann depicts Wilde's comet-like ascent on the Victorian scene and his equally dramatic sudden eclipse. His Irish background, the actresses to whom he paid court, his unfortunate wife and lovers, his clothes, coiffures, and the decor of his rooms - all are presented here in vivid detail. The saga of his 1882 American tour is recounted with a wealth of new details; also his later impact on the bastions of the French literary establishment. The London of the Nineties, of Whistler and the Pre-Raphaelites, Lillie Langtry and the Prince of Wales, is evoked alongside Paris of the "belle epoque" and the Greece, Italy and North Africa of Wilde'stravels. Ellmann's definitive critical account of Wilde's entire oeuvre shows him as the proponent of a radical new aesthetic who was perilously at odds with Victorian society. After his period of success and daring, the fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas is followed by exposure, imprisonment, a few wretched years abroad and death in exile. The tragic end of Wilde's life leaves the reader with a sense of compassion and grief for the protagonist. This edition make the popular and best selling biography available in paperback for the first time.

Oscar Wilde: A Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin Canada

Biography of William Butler Yeats, poet.

Yeats : The Man and the Masks

Penguin??Books

Oscar Wilde

BRAND NEW softcover, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library slight shelfwear / storage-wear; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201512164 With a penetration which is none the less acute for its being urbane and witty, Ellmann discusses examples of the use of analytic methods of biography by Sartre on Baudelaire and Genet, Erikson on Luther, and Edel on James. He carries much learning with lightness, and illumination." We recommend selecting Priority Mail wherever available. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.)

Golden Codgers: Biographical Speculations

British & Irish

Oxford University Press

This classic study of Yeats' verse examines the poet's development of theme, symbol, style, and pattern.  Through his knowledge of Yeats' life as well as his published and unpublished work, Ellmann recreates Yeats' ways of thinking, seeing, and writing and clarifies his difficult poems.

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History & Criticism

The Consciousness of Joyce

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

This acclaimed biography has won both the James Tait Black and the Duff Cooper Memorial Prizes.

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Arts & Literature

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