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OSCARIANA:The Wit and Maxims of Oscar Wilde

OSCARIANA:The Wit and Maxims of Oscar Wilde

by David Colvin (Author), Oscar Wilde (Author), Stephen Calloway (Author)

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    Hardcover 1997

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Synopsis

Published to follow the release of the new movie of Wilde's life, starring Stephen Fry, this collection displays Wilde's fabulous verbal dexterity. Based on two books published during his lifetime - The Maxims of Oscar Wilde and Oscariana - this will be a beautifully designed pastiche of a 19th century Wit and Wisdom including illustrations from the Yellow Book.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 112
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 06 Oct 1997
ISBN 10: 0752810405
ISBN 13: 9780752810409
Book Overview: *Published to follow the release of the new movie. *Compiled by one of the foremost authority's on the fin de siecle. *Everyman's Plays, Prose, Writings and Poems is one of the best selling Everymaneditions.

Author Bio
Stephen Calloway is Associate Curator of paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He travels all over the world lecturing on the 1890s. He is a world expert on the art of Aubrey Beardsley and is the Curator of a major exhibition to be staged at the V&A on the work of Beardsley in 1998. Most recently he was consultant on the film The Portrait of a Lady directed by Jane Campion and starring Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich. David Colvin is a man of many talents all of which he employs to the full. He lectures in the history of art; designs books for his own press, Cypher; designs costumes for the Mermaid Theatre and National Theatre; contributes photographs to the Architectual Association library and writes, mainly on the literary characters of the 19th century.