Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews

By Oscar Wilde

Book Overview

Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought to North America for a major lecture tour on Aestheticism and the decorative arts. With characteristic aplomb, he adopted the role as the ambassador of Aestheticism, and he tried out a number of phrases, ideas, and strategies that ultimately made him famous as a novelist and playwright. This exceptional volume cites all ninety-one of Wilde's interviews and contains transcripts of forty-eight of them, and it also includes his lecture on his travels in America.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252034724
• ISBN13: 9780252034725
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"