Wilde in America
Oscar Wilde and the Invention of Modern Celebrity
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2015
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-06317-2 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-06317-2 (ISBN)
The story of Oscar Wilde's 1882 American tour explains how this quotable literary eminence became famous for being famous.
On 3 January 1882, Oscar Wilde, a twenty-seven-year-old "genius"—by his own reckoning—arrived in New York. The Dublin-born Oxford man had made a spectacle of himself in London with his fashion sense, acerbic wit, and passion for art and design, and was hired to go to America to lecture on interior decorating. But Wilde had his own business plan: he would promote himself. And he did, creating a template for fame creation that still works today. Wilde presented himself as a "star", taking the stage in satin breeches and a velvet coat with lace trim as he sang the praises of sconces, embroidered pillows and himself. What he so presciently understood is that fame could launch a career as well as cap one.
An enchanting tale of travel and transformation, comedy and capitalism, Wilde in America teaches us about our present as well as our past.
On 3 January 1882, Oscar Wilde, a twenty-seven-year-old "genius"—by his own reckoning—arrived in New York. The Dublin-born Oxford man had made a spectacle of himself in London with his fashion sense, acerbic wit, and passion for art and design, and was hired to go to America to lecture on interior decorating. But Wilde had his own business plan: he would promote himself. And he did, creating a template for fame creation that still works today. Wilde presented himself as a "star", taking the stage in satin breeches and a velvet coat with lace trim as he sang the praises of sconces, embroidered pillows and himself. What he so presciently understood is that fame could launch a career as well as cap one.
An enchanting tale of travel and transformation, comedy and capitalism, Wilde in America teaches us about our present as well as our past.
David M. Friedman is the author of Wilde in America, A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis and The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.2.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | 16 pages of illustrations |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 163 x 244 mm |
Gewicht | 636 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-393-06317-8 / 0393063178 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-06317-2 / 9780393063172 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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