Oscar Wilde : a long and lovely suicide / Melissa Knox
1994, 1st Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #331592
ISBN: 0300059051
Physical description: xxiv, 185 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index. Contents: Salome: in his end, his beginning -- Disease and inspiration -- Wilde in his letters -- The dialectics of The importance of being earnest -- De profundis: dying beyond his means. Subjects: Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900. Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900; Biography. Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Criticism and interpretation. Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Psychology. 1800-1899. 19th century. Authors, Irish 19th century; Biography. Psychoanalysis and literature. Authors, Irish. Psychoanalysis and literature. Authors, Irish 19th century Pscyhology. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated.
Price: €18.00