Wilde's women : how Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women he knew
Fitzsimons, Eleanor2016
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Hailed as a gay icon and pioneer of individualism, Oscar Wilde's insistence that 'there should be no law for anybody' made him a staunch defender of gender equality. Throughout his life from his relationship to his extraordinary mother Jane and the tragedy of his sister Isola's early death to his accomplished wife Constance and a coterie of other free-thinking writers, actors and artists, women were a central aspect of his life and career. This book tells the story of his female friends and colleagues who traded witticisms with Wilde but also give him access to vital publicity and whose ideas he gave expression through his social comedies.
Main title:
Wilde's women : how Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women he knew / Eleanor Fitzsimons.
Author:
Fitzsimons, Eleanor, author
Imprint:
London : Duckworth Overlook, 2016.
Collation:
320 pages
ISBN:
9780715651193 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
79147