SECRET LIFE OF OSCAR WILDE
Neil McKenna
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Description for SECRET LIFE OF OSCAR WILDE
paperback. Deals with Oscar's astonishing erotic odyssey through Victorian London's sexual underworld. Oscar Wilde emerges as a man driven personally and creatively by his powerful desires for sex with men, in this book, the author argues that Oscar's Wilde's life and work can only be fully understood and appreciated in terms of his sexuality. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 564. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
‘I have put my genius into my life but only my talent into my work’.
So said Oscar Wilde of his remarkable life – a life more complex, more erotic, more troubled and more triumphant than any of his contemporaries ever knew or suspected.
Neil McKenna’s The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde charts fully for the first time Oscar’s astonishing erotic odyssey through Victorian London’s sexual underworld.
Oscar Wilde emerges as a man driven personally and creatively by his powerful desires for sex with men, and Neil McKenna argues compellingly and convincingly that Oscar’s ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone U.K.
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
752
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099415459
SKU
KMK0025432
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Neil McKenna
Neil McKenna is a freelance journalist, particularly for the Guardian and the Independent and a freelance producer and researcher for Channel 4. He is a notable campaigner for gay rights - the Clause 24 debate being largely a result of his work.
Reviews for SECRET LIFE OF OSCAR WILDE
Intriguing and entertaining...McKenna makes an impassioned case for re-gaying Wilde
The Times
A groundbreaking new biography of our greatest queer martyr
Observer
It cannot be recommended too highly. Extraordinary, intensely passionate and quite beautiful
Manchester Evening News
This is by far and away the best biography of Oscar Wilde to date
John McRae, ... Read more
The Times
A groundbreaking new biography of our greatest queer martyr
Observer
It cannot be recommended too highly. Extraordinary, intensely passionate and quite beautiful
Manchester Evening News
This is by far and away the best biography of Oscar Wilde to date
John McRae, ... Read more