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Oscar Wilde, the Importance of Being Irish
Author: Davis Coakley
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This biography of Oscar Wilde explores how his Irish background had a major impact on his life & writings.
Oscar Wilde and Contemporary Irish Drama
Author: Graham Price
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-10-23
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 3319933450
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is about the Wildean aesthetic in contemporary Irish drama. Through elucidating a discernible Wildean strand in the plays of Brian Friel, Tom Murphy, Thomas Kilroy, Marina Carr and Frank McGuinness, it demonstrates that Oscar Wilde's importance to Ireland's theatrical canon is equal to that of W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge and Samuel Beckett. The study examines key areas of the Wildean aesthetic: his aestheticizing of experience via language and self-conscious performance; the notion of the dandy in Wildean texts and how such a figure is engaged with in today's dramas; and how his contribution to the concept of a ‘verbal theatre’ has influenced his dramatic successors. It is of particular pertinence to academics and postgraduate students in the fields of Irish drama and Irish literature, and for those interested in the work of Oscar Wilde, Brian Friel, Tom Murphy, Thomas Kilroy, Marina Carr and Frank McGuinness. okokpoj
The Importance of Being Oscar
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Fulcrum Group
Published: 1991-01-11
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781555910983
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Legends, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland
Author: Lady Wilde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-06-04
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0486120767
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nowhere in the nineteenth century did interest in folklore and mythology have a more thorough revival than in Ireland. There, in 1887, Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde, Oscar Wilde's mother and a well-known author in her own right, compiled this collection of charming, authentic folk tales. Collected from among the peasantry and retaining their original simplicity, the myths and legends reveal delightfully the Irish people's relationship with a spiritual and invisible world populated by fairies, elves, and evil beings. Included in Lady Wilde's collection, among others, are eerie tales of "The Horned Women," "The Holy Well and the Murderer," and "The Bride's Death-Song," as well as beguiling accounts of superstitions concerning the dead, celebrations and rites, animal legends, and ancient charms. The first book to link Irish folklore with nationalism, Legends illustrates the mythic underpinnings of the Irish character and signals the country's cultural reemergence. It remains, said the Evening Mail, "an important contribution to the literature of Ireland and the world's stock of folklore."
Oscar Wilde in Context
Author: Kerry Powell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-12-12
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 1107016134
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Concise and illuminating articles explore Oscar Wilde's life and work in the context of the turbulent landscape of his time.
The Essential Oscar Wilde
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-08-20
Total Pages: 605
ISBN-13: 1627933654
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Collected her in one omnibus edition are Oscar Wilde's most important works including The Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Salome, Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, The Happy Prince and Other Tales, and The Canterville Ghost. These works of poetry, fiction, drama, and prose encompass Wilde's entire career and they display his range of style and wit. Wilde is one of the most important writers in the history of the English language. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.
Wilde's Women
Author: Eleanor Fitzsimons
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 2017-09-26
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1468313266
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A lively debut biography of the flamboyant Irish writer . . . focusing on the women who loved and supported him” (Kirkus Reviews). In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Oscar Wilde’s story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures as Florence Balcombe; actress Lillie Langtry; and his tragic and witty niece, Dolly, who, like Wilde, loved fast cars, cocaine, and foreign women. Fresh, revealing, and entertaining, full of fascinating detail and anecdotes, Wilde’s Women relates the untold story of how a beloved writer and libertine played a vitally sympathetic role on behalf of many women, and how they supported him in the midst of a Victorian society in the process of changing forever. “Fitzsimons reminds us of the many writers, actresses, political activists, professional beauties and aristocratic ladies who helped shape the life and legend of the era’s greatest wit, esthete and sexual martyr . . . provide[s] a potted biography of the multitalented writer and gay icon . . . highly enjoyable.” —The Washington Post “Fitzsimons brilliantly calls attention to the progressive ideas and beliefs which drew the most daring and interesting women of the time to his side. The depth and painstaking care of Fitzsimons’ research is a fitting tribute to Wilde’s fascinating life and exquisite writing—and really, what better compliment is there than that?” —High Voltage
Being New York, Being Irish
Author: Terry Golway
Publisher: Merrion Press
Published: 2018-10-22
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 178855051X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →New York University's Glucksman Ireland House opened a quarter-century ago to foster the study of Ireland and Irish America, and since then has led and witnessed tremendous changes in Irish and Irish-American culture. Alice McDermott writes about her son's Irish awakening; Colum McCann's Joycean essay is a brilliant call to action in defence of immigrants and social justice; Colm Tóibín's first visit to New York coincided with the first St Patrick's Day parade led by a woman; Dan Barry reflects on Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes; and a new poem by Seamus Heaney written not long before his death. Through deeply personal essays that reflect on their own experience, research and art, some of the best-known Irish writers on both sides of the Atlantic commemorate the House's anniversary by examining what has changed, and what has not, in Irish and Irish-American culture, art, identity, and politics since 1993.
Making Oscar Wilde
Author: Michèle Mendelssohn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0198802366
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
