Declaring His Genius
Oscar Wilde in North America
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Biography & Memoir, Literary
| Author: | Roy Morris, Jr. | ISBN: | 9780674071391 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 7, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Roy Morris, Jr. |
| ISBN: | 9780674071391 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | January 7, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-year-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had “nothing to declare but my genius.” But as this sparkling narrative reveals, Wilde was, rarely for him, underselling himself. A chronicle of his sensational eleven-month speaking tour of America, Declaring His Genius offers an indelible portrait of both Oscar Wilde and the Gilded Age. Neither Wilde nor America would ever be the same.
Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-year-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had “nothing to declare but my genius.” But as this sparkling narrative reveals, Wilde was, rarely for him, underselling himself. A chronicle of his sensational eleven-month speaking tour of America, Declaring His Genius offers an indelible portrait of both Oscar Wilde and the Gilded Age. Neither Wilde nor America would ever be the same.
