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Beschreibung
Although it is over 120 years since his infamous trial for indecency, Oscar Wilde has never held greater fascination for us. This packed illustrated biography tells the life of Oscar Wilde through his own words ? private letters, poems, plays, stories and legendary witticisms. It includes his relationships with key artists and writers of the time. It is illustrated throughout with paintings, engravings, contemporary photographs, cartoons and caricatures of Wilde and his social circleIt is a beautiful evocation of the glittering fin de siecle word by its most fascinating wordsmith and aesthete.
Although it is over 120 years since his infamous trial for indecency, Oscar Wilde has never held greater fascination for us. This packed illustrated biography tells the life of Oscar Wilde through his own words ? private letters, poems, plays, stories and legendary witticisms. It includes his relationships with key artists and writers of the time. It is illustrated throughout with paintings, engravings, contemporary photographs, cartoons and caricatures of Wilde and his social circleIt is a beautiful evocation of the glittering fin de siecle word by its most fascinating wordsmith and aesthete.
Über den Autor
Juliet Gardiner is a British historian and a commentator on British social history from Victorian times through to the 1950s. She is a former editor of History Today magazine and the author of several history books, including the Penguin Book of History (2000) and The Thirties: An Intimate History. She acted as historical consultant to the film of Atonement, and is a frequent broadcaster on radio and television, a reviewer and a contributor to the national press, including The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraphy Financial Times, The Guardian and BBC History.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781849945837
ISBN-10: 1849945837
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 350701
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Gardiner, Juliet
Auflage: 2nd edition
Hersteller: Rizzoli International Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 255 x 194 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Juliet Gardiner
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2020
Gewicht: 0,718 kg
Artikel-ID: 117473708

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