Nicht lieferbar
Wilde
Versandkostenfrei!
Nicht lieferbar
Oscar Wilde, self-styled master of the bon mot turned Victorian bogeyman, was resurrected by a more liberal age as "St. Osccar, " slayer of the dragons of pomposity, hypocrisy, and cant. The portly Irishman with the golden tongue had posthumously proved that the world is not black and white. His wit and his paradoxes were understood as profound and moral; his best plays were recognized as gems of English comedy. As Jonathan Fryer shows in this insightful portrait, Wilde had a genius for extremes. Only the mediocre and the tedious were unthinkable. The Life & Times series tells the stories of t...
Oscar Wilde, self-styled master of the bon mot turned Victorian bogeyman, was resurrected by a more liberal age as "St. Osccar, " slayer of the dragons of pomposity, hypocrisy, and cant. The portly Irishman with the golden tongue had posthumously proved that the world is not black and white. His wit and his paradoxes were understood as profound and moral; his best plays were recognized as gems of English comedy. As Jonathan Fryer shows in this insightful portrait, Wilde had a genius for extremes. Only the mediocre and the tedious were unthinkable. The Life & Times series tells the stories of those who have shaped our present and our past, from Beethoven to Curie, Dietrich to Wilde. Offering expert, eminently readable texts by distinguished authors, these handsomely designed books feature chronologies, full indices, and striking color photos and illustrations. Together, they form a superb modern library of biography.
