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Nov 05, 1988 | ISBN 9780394759845 Buy
Sep 04, 2013 | ISBN 9780804151122 Buy
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Sep 04, 2013 | ISBN 9780804151122
Winner of both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Oscar Wilde is the definitive biography of the tortured poet and playwright and the last book by renowned biographer and literary critic Richard Ellmann. Ellmann dedicated two decades to the research and writing of this biography, resulting in a complex and richly detailed portrait of Oscar Wilde. Ellman captures the wit, creativity, and charm of the psychologically and sexually complicated writer, as well as the darker aspects of his personality and life. Covering everything from Wilde’s rise as a young literary talent to his eventual imprisonment and death in exile with exquisite detail, Ellmann’s fascinating account of Wilde’s life and work is a resounding triumph.
Richard Ellmann, during a long and distinguished career, won international recognition as a scholar, teacher of English literature, critic, and biographer. His magisterial life of James Joyce has been widely acclaimed as the greatest literary biography of the century. Ellmann… More about Richard Ellmann
National Book Critics Circle Awards WINNER 1988
Pulitzer Prize WINNER 1989
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