Oscar Wilde: An Exquisite Life

Oscar Wilde: An Exquisite Life

by StephenCalloway (Author)

Synopsis

The wit, wisdom,work and life of Oscar Wilde published to tie in with the release of the major new movie of the life of Oscar Wilde starring Stephen Fly as Wilde, Vanessa Redgrave and Jennifer Ehle. " I WAS A MAN WHO STOOD IN SYMBOLIC RELATION TO THE ART AND CULTURE OF MY AGE...I AWOKE THE IMAGINATION OF MY CENTURY SO THAT IT CREATED MYTH AND LEGEND AROUND ME."

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 112
Edition: 1st Ed. (U.K.)
Publisher: Orion
Published: 21 Jul 1997

ISBN 10: 0752810413
ISBN 13: 9780752810416
Book Overview: Published to coincide with the release of the film of Oscar Wilde's life, starring Stephen Fry as Wilde, with Vanessa Redgrave and Jennifer Ehle.

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 worldexpert 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 Campio