Oscar Wilde
Author | : Nicholas Frankel |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2017-10-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674737945 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674737946 |
Rating | : 4/5 (946 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Oscar Wilde by : Nicholas Frankel
Download or read book Oscar Wilde written by Nicholas Frankel and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Frankel presents a revisionary account of Oscar Wilde’s final years, spent in poverty and exile in Europe following his release from an English prison for the crime of gross indecency between men. Despite repeated setbacks and open hostility, Wilde—unapologetic and even defiant—attempted to rebuild himself as a man, and a man of letters.