{"product_id":"wildeana-riverrun-editions-1","title":"Matthew Sturgis: Wildeana (riverrun editions) [2020] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde's early fame ensured that throughout his short life he was written about by many of those he met. He was celebrated - or mocked - as the master of the ingenious epigram, the provocative paradox, the witty aside or the extravagant conceit. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn researching his monumental biography of Wilde Matthew Sturgis found, in every major archive, sheets of foolscap in Wilde's distinctive handwriting, setting down a series of unfamiliar epigrams - unpublished try-outs. There were fascinating new discoveries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He uncovered dozens of unfamiliar and previously ungathered anecdotes about Wilde: sidelights on his days in Oxford, London, America and Paris and beyond, by society hostesses, men-about-town, actors, lawyers, minor litterateurs, artists and politicians, diligently setting down his actions, his mannerisms and above all his sayings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe items in this volume are all small additions to the Wilde story: some unfamiliar, others unexpected, they enrich and alter the picture of his life\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sturgis, Matthew \u0026 Wilde, Oscar","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44537916424482,"sku":"9781529406733","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sturgis-matthew-wilde-oscar-matthew-sturgis-wildeana-riverrun-editions-2020-hardback-9781529406733-57846086467923.jpg?v=1726942270","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/wildeana-riverrun-editions-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}