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McKenna, Neil

 
9780465044382: The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde: An Intimate Biography
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ISBN 10 : 0465044387 ISBN 13 : 9780465044382
Editeur : Basic Books, 2005

Synopsis

Oscar Wilde said of himself, “I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my work.” Now, for the first time, Neil McKenna focuses on the tormented genius of Wilde's personal life, reproducing remarkable love letters and detailing Wilde's until-now unknown relationships with other men.McKenna has spent years researching Wilde's life, drawing on extensive new material, including never-before published poems as well as recently discovered trial statements made by male prostitutes and blackmailers about Wilde. McKenna provides explosive evidence of the political machinations behind Wilde's trials for sodomy, as well as his central role in the burgeoning gay world of Victorian London. Dazzlingly written and meticulously researched, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde fully charts Wilde's astonishing odyssey through London's sexual underworld and paints a frank and vivid psychological portrait of a troubled genius.

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À propos de l'auteur

Neil McKenna is an award-winning British journalist who has written for the Independent , the Observer , the Guardian , and the New Statesman . He is the author of On the Margins: Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Developing World . He lives in London.

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Éditeur
Basic Books
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0465044387
ISBN 13 
9780465044382
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
576
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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