Declaring His Genius : : Oscar Wilde in North America / / Roy Morris, Jr.
Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-year-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had "nothing to declare but my genius." But as Roy Morris, Jr., reveals in this sparkling narrative, Wilde was, for the first time in his life, underselling himself. A chronicle of the sensation that was Wilde...
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Morris, Jr., Roy, author. Declaring His Genius : Oscar Wilde in North America / Roy Morris, Jr. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource : 27 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Too Too Utterly Utter -- 2 More Wonderful Than Dickens -- 3 Those Who Dawnce Don't Dine -- 4 What Would Thoreau Have Said to My Hat-Box! -- 5 No Well-Behaved River Ought to Act This Way -- 6 A Very Italy, Without Its Art -- 7 Don't Shoot the Pianist; He's Doing His Best -- 8 You Should Have Seen It Before the War -- 9 The Oscar of the First Period Is Dead -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-year-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had "nothing to declare but my genius." But as Roy Morris, Jr., reveals in this sparkling narrative, Wilde was, for the first time in his life, underselling himself. A chronicle of the sensation that was Wilde's eleven-month speaking tour of America, Declaring His Genius offers an indelible portrait of both Oscar Wilde and the Gilded Age. Wilde covered 15,000 miles, delivered 140 lectures, and met everyone who was anyone. Dressed in satin knee britches and black silk stockings, the long-haired apostle of the British Aesthetic Movement alternately shocked, entertained, and enlightened a spellbound nation. Harvard students attending one of his lectures sported Wildean costume, clutching sunflowers and affecting world-weary poses. Denver prostitutes enticed customers by crying: "We know what makes a cat wild, but what makes Oscar Wilde?" Whitman hoisted a glass to his health, while Ambrose Bierce denounced him as a fraud. Wilde helped alter the way post-Civil War Americans-still reeling from the most destructive conflict in their history-understood themselves. In an era that saw rapid technological changes, social upheaval, and an ever-widening gap between rich and poor, he delivered a powerful anti-materialistic message about art and the need for beauty. Yet Wilde too was changed by his tour. Having conquered America, a savvier, more mature writer was ready to take on the rest of the world. Neither Wilde nor America would ever be the same. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013 9783110317350 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE LITERATURE 2013 9783110317268 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2013 9783110317251 ZDB-23-DLW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP Complete eBook Package 2011-2014 9783110374889 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package 2013 9783110374902 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110459517 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110662566 print 9780674066960 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067875 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674067875.jpg |
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