The Invention of Oscar Wilde (okładka  twarda, wyd. 05.2021)

One should either wear a work or art, or be a work of art`, Wilde once declared. In The Invention of Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel explores Wilde`s self-creation as a `work of art` and a carefully constructed cultural icon. Frankel takes readers on a journey through Wilde`s inventive, provocative life, from his Irish origins - and their public erasure - through his challenges to traditional concepts of masculinity and male sexuality, to his criminal conviction and final years of exile in France. Along the way, Frankel takes a deep look at Wilde`s writings, paradoxical wit and intellectual convictions, as well as his marriage and affairs with a series of attractive young men, including his great love Lord Alfred Douglas.