Merlin Holland: After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal, Gebunden
After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal
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- Verlag:
- Europa Editions, 04/2026
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9798889661764
- Artikelnummer:
- 12457597
- Umfang:
- 704 Seiten
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 7.4.2026
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
The definitive study of the rise and fall of Oscar Wilde after his death, written by Wilde's only grandson
"A fascinating sweep through a hundred years from Wilde's death to now."―Stephen Fry
Oscar Wilde died in November 1900, exiled in Paris and exhausted by scandal and prison life. The details of his life in the limelight are well known; what have regularly been ignored are the reverberations of the scandal for decades after his death.
With pathos, humor, and his grandfather's signature wit, Holland charts the extraordinary afterlife of the legendary writer and thinker, and traces the dramatic fluctuations in Wilde's posthumous reputation over the past 125 years. A true feat of storytelling and scholarship, including 56 illustrated pages, *After Oscar * tells the story of Oscar's wife Constance and his sons Cyril and Vyvyan; his lovers, friends, and enemies; the afterlife of De Profundis; sightings from beyond the grave; the fate of the Wilde estate; and Oscar's contemporary status as a gay icon.
One of the most important works on Wilde in over fifty years, After Oscar exposes decades of sensationalist conjecture surrounding the Wilde family, and documents a century of homophobia within the British establishment. Illuminating and heartbreaking, Holland has written a book that will amuse, infuriate, fascinate, and shock. Readers beware―you're in for a Wilde ride.
Biografie
Merlin Holland, geboren 1945, ist der einzige Enkel von Oscar Wilde. Er hat sich erst im Alter von 47 Jahren zum Schreiben entschlossen. Mit dem Werk seines Großvaters befasst er sich seit rund 20 Jahren. Holland lebt mit seiner Familie in London; er arbeitet als Journalist.