Making Oscar Wilde

Author	: Michèle Mendelssohn
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 401
Release	: 2018
ISBN-10	: 9780198802365
ISBN-13	: 0198802366
Rating	: 4/5 (65 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Making Oscar Wilde by : Michèle Mendelssohn

Download or read book Making Oscar Wilde written by Michèle Mendelssohn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with new evidence, "Making Oscar Wilde" tells the untold story of a local Irish eccentric who became a global cultural icon. This must-read book dramatizes Oscar Wilde's remarkable rise in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Michele Mendelssohn interweaves biography and social history to reveal a life like no other.

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