Research Catalog
Oscar Wilde
- Title
- Oscar Wilde / Louis Kronenberger.
- Author
- Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980.
- Publication
- Boston : Little, Brown, ©1976.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | ReCAP 12-9176 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 77-2449 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 236 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Mention the name Oscar Wilde, and a few standard associations leap to mind: brilliant wit, peacock feathers, "the love that dared not speak its name," Reading Gaol, a tragic early death. These customary images, however, give no hint of the scope of Wilde's extraordinary literary achievement, or of the bewildering complexity of his character. Through careful investigation of Wilde's works and erratic life, Louise Kronenberger has fashioned a vivid, convincingly whole portrait of the archetype of fin de siècle decadence. Oscar Wilde's incomparable wit, inspired writing, and self-induced martyrdom gave the 1890s "contemporary glitter and a lasting tarnish." By identifying and tracing the major threads of his character -- theatricality, enchantment with evil, and defiant homosexuality -- Louise Kronenberger has fixed the fascination this elusive personality has held for generations. -- From publisher's description.
- Series Statement
- Library of world biography
- Uniform Title
- Library of world biography.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index.
- Contents
- Upward -- Onward -- Downward -- Ends and odds and ends.
- Call Number
- JFD 77-2449
- ISBN
- 0316504580
- 9780316504584
- LCCN
- 76004939
- OCLC
- 2074258
- Author
- Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980.
- Title
- Oscar Wilde / Louis Kronenberger.
- Imprint
- Boston : Little, Brown, ©1976.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Library of world biographyLibrary of world biography.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Research Call Number
- JFD 77-2449ReCAP 12-9176