The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family

ISBN-13: 9781408863169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 512 str.

Emer O'Sullivan

Opis

'Emer O'Sullivan has made an indispensable contribution to Wildean literature ...Compelling, informative and fascinating' Stephen Fry Oscar Wilde's father - scientist, surgeon, archaeologist, writer - was one of the most eminent men of his generation. His mother - poet, journalist, translator - hosted an influential salon at 1 Merrion Square. Together they were one of Victorian Ireland's most dazzling and enlightened couples. When, in 1864, Sir William Wilde was accused of sexually assaulting a female patient, it sent shock waves through Dublin society. After his death some ten years later, Jane attempted to re-establish the family in London, where Oscar burst irrepressibly upon the scene, only to fall in a trial as public as his father's. A remarkable and perceptive account, The Fall of the House of Wilde is a major repositioning of our first modern celebrity, a man whose fall from grace marked the end of fin de siecle decadence.

Recenzje

Vivid and meticulously researched . The name of Wilde stands for "what is singular, independent-minded and fearless". Words that also describe this splendid book Frances Wilson The Mail on Sunday

O autorze

Emer O'Sullivan graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, and has completed an MA in Life Writing and a PhD in Virginia Woolf's literature at UEA, where she also lectured in English Literature. She is the author of The Fall of the House of Wilde and The Rebellion of a Dutiful Daughter. She lives in London.