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Declaring His Genius: Oscar Wilde in North America
By Morris, Roy
- ISBN
- 9780674066960
- Publisher
- Belknap: Harvard Univ.
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Reviewed on February 1, 2013 | Arts and Humanities
Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Patience (1881) satirized the aesthetic movement for which Oscar Wilde, fresh out of Oxford, was already a kind of poster boy. Wilde's North American tour of 1882, ostensibly organized to promote Patience, was a significant event of popular culture in the late 19th century and certainly one of the most controversial. Wherever Wilde went...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
