Oscar Wilde : biography
Ellmann, Richard Oscar Wilde [Text] : biography / Richard Ellmann. — London : Hamish Hamilton, 1988. — 632 p. : f. c. ; f. f. Анотація: Ellmann's definitive critical account of Wilde's writings early and late shows him as the tireless proponent of a radical new aesthetic, personally at odds with a society not yet ready for him. After his period of success and daring, society has its revenge: the fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas is followed by exposure, imprisonment, a few wretched years abroad, death in exile. The end of Wilde's life is a tragedy, and few readers will finish this long, rich, compassionately commited book without a sense of gift and outrage, and intense sympathy for its protogonist.
Richard Ellmann has, without doubt, written one of the most masterly biographies of recent decades.
Richard Ellmann has, without doubt, written one of the most masterly biographies of recent decades.
