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The first more or less objective biography of Wilde came about when Hesketh Pearson wrote Oscar Wilde: His Life and Wit (1946). [253] In 1954 Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland published his memoir Son of Oscar Wilde, which recounts the difficulties Wilde's wife and children faced after his imprisonment. [254] It was revised and updated by Merlin ...
Holland has studied and researched Wilde's life for more than thirty years. [3] He is the co-editor, with Rupert Hart-Davis, of The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde. [4] [6] He is the editor of Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess, the first uncensored version of his grandfather's 1895 trials.
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.At Oxford University he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp, that carried a homoerotic subtext, and met Wilde, starting a close but stormy relationship.
INTERVIEW: The author of award-winning alternative history novel ‘The New Life’ tells Louis Chilton how Wilde’s trial set back a moment of optimism
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains.He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films.
John Ruskin was Oscar Wilde's first choice as godfather to Vyvyan, but he refused because of his age. [2] Wilde then asked Mortimer Menpes, who accepted. [3] According to Vyvyan Holland's accounts in his autobiography, Son of Oscar Wilde (1954), Oscar was a devoted and loving father to his two sons and their childhood was a relatively happy one ...
Henrietta encourages Michael to follow a better life although it may mean losing him forever. Henrietta removes the mask at midnight discovering she is now beautiful and that her old, selfish attitude was really the cause of her ugliness. Second segment The second story is based on Oscar Wilde's short story Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. A palmist ...
Italiano: Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) ritratto da Napoleon Sarony nel 1882; nel decennio successivo sarebbe divenuto a Londra uno dei drammaturghi più famosi. È ricordato per i suoi aforismi e commedie, per il romanzo Il ritratto di Dorian Gray e per i procedimenti giudiziari a suo carico, che condussero alla sua condanna ai lavori forzati - secondo la legge del tempo - per palese ...