Ebook {Epub PDF} Making Oscar Wilde by Michèle Mendelssohn

 · Michele Mendelssohn does a lot of great things in this book, and uncovering the importance of Wilde's American tour to his work is the least of them. She really shines in her exploration of how ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality and their intersections move to make the Wilde we see, while her deft and stylish prose sings and charms/5. As “gay history’s Christ figure,” Wilde () has been amply investigated by biographers and literary historians, but Mendelssohn (English/Oxford Univ.; Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Aesthetic Culture, , etc.) was surprised by a discovery she made in a library archive: six small cards, each depicting Wilde with a different ethnicity: Irish, Chinese, French, German, black, and white American. .  · Making Oscar Wilde Michèle Mendelssohn. Draws on compelling new archives and rare documents to tell the story of Oscar Wilde's life; A gripping and stylish account of Wilde's tumultuous rise, fall, and resurrection; A richly-illustrated combination of biography, cultural history, and .

Making Oscar Wilde Michèle Mendelssohn. Draws on compelling new archives and rare documents to tell the story of Oscar Wilde's life; A gripping and stylish account of Wilde's tumultuous rise, fall, and resurrection; A richly-illustrated combination of biography, cultural history, and masterful story-telling. Michèle Mendelssohn's book Making Oscar Wilde reveals the untold story of young Oscar's career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents, it tracks a larger-than-life hero on an unforgettable adventure to make his name and gain international acclaim. Riveting and original, Making Oscar Wilde is a masterful account of a life like no other. Michèle Mendelssohn is an Associate Professor of English and American literature from to the present day teaching at Mansfield College, Oxford. She has also taught at Edinburgh University, Boston University, Harvard, Cambridge, Heidelberg, and McGill.

Making Oscar Wilde reveals the untold story of youngOscar's career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents, this book tracks a larger-than-life hero on an. "Michele Mendelssohn's Making Oscar Wilde is a fresh, exciting and illuminating study of the construction of celebrity and reputation. Looking at Wilde's trip to the United States in , Mendelssohn shows both how stereotypes of the wild Irish immigrant and the minstrel show, and the promotional strategies of Wilde and his tour manager, made him a controversial star. The material covered in this episode of Travels Through Time comes from Michèle Mendelssohn’s latest book, Making Oscar Wilde, which was a book of the year in the Sunday Times and the Times Literary Supplement and a semi-finalist for the PEN America Biography Prize. "Mendelssohn's remarkable book uncovers material missed by lengthier biographies, even Richard Ellmann's, and conveys the excitement of real research and discovery.".