The Wilde Album: Public and Private Images of Oscar Wilde
by Merlin Holland
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages194 pages
ISBN
9780805058949
Published
1997
Description
The most comprehensive collection of photographs and images of wilde--compiled by his only grandson. Oscar wilde was one of the first and unquestionably one of the greatest self-publicists who ever lived. With that excep...The most comprehensive collection of photographs and images of wilde--compiled by his only grandson. Oscar wilde was one of the first and unquestionably one of the greatest self-publicists who ever lived. With that exceptional streak of modernity that characterized much of his life and work, he understood the power of the image in his campaign to promote the self.