Unmasking of Oscar Wilde
Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, Oscar Wilde, a great poet, satirist and playwright, is hailed today, in some circles, as a "progressive" sexual liberator. But this is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretensions did not bring him happiness and fulfillment. This study of Wilde's brilliant and tragic life goes beyond the mistakes that brought him notoriety in order to explore his emotional and spiritual search. Unlike any other biography of Wilde,...
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A thought-provoking re-examination of Wilde's brilliant, tragic life and his lifelong spiritual yearnings.
Preface to the Second Edition11Preface13Acknowledgements191Mother of Masks212Star in the Ascendancy393Oxford Donned514Courting Conversion705Roman Fever916Love's Web1107Courting Controversy1248Poetry and Pose1349Courting Constance15510The French Connection17511Truth and Masks18512Purity and Passion19713Poison and Passion20714Unhappy Hypocrite21715Malice Through the Looking Glass22816Critic or Artist24317Friends and Relations25418Saints and Sinners26819Fatal Attraction27620Courting Conviction29021Descent30622Abyss32023Purgatory33224Out of the Depths34825Wilderness36126Hounded by Heaven37627Revelations387Index399
