Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought to North America for a major lecture tour on Aestheticism and the decorative arts. With characteristic aplomb, he adopted the role as the ambassador of Aestheticism, and he tried out a number of phrases, ideas, and strategies that ultimately made him famous as a novelist and playwright. This exceptional volume cites all ninety-one of Wilde's interviews and contains transcripts of forty-eight of them, and it also includes his lecture on his travels in America.
- ISBN10 1283017679
- ISBN13 9781283017671
- Publish Date 21 March 2011 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Illinois Press
- Format eBook
- Language English