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On August 22, Deaglan O’Donghaile, an expert on nineteenth century literature and culture, will be visiting the Mechanics' Institute to lecture about Oscar Wilde’s famous visit to the West and the San Francisco area. Oscar Wilde was an amazing personality and extraordinary writer. If you’d like to further your familiarity with Wilde’s life before the event, Wilde in the City, check out these fine books.
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde : The Devoted Friend : The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde (2nd floor Graphic Novels, 741.5 R96f v.4)
Prize-winning adaptations of Wilde’s tales including The Devoted Friend and The Nightingale and the Rose. "Wilde isn`t blatantly jeering at hypocrites or credulous fools in these stories. He is, however, suggesting that even the most genuinely beautiful surfaces shouldn`t be trusted. Russell catches this mood perfectly, not trying to overshadow Wilde but merely helping him do his disturbing work. Russell`s exquisite art has a supple ink line that`s never fussy."-Publishers Weekly
The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis (Balcony 2A, 92 W671hh)
Oscar Wilde in his own words—this volume includes more than 200 previously unpublished letters and shows the playwright, poet, and professional aesthete at his most brilliant. The letters, written between 1875 and 1900 are to publishers and fans, friends and lovers, enemies and adversaries revealing Wilde’s remarkable personality.
Constance : the Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs Oscar Wilde by Franny Moyle (Balcony 2A, 92 W669)
Constance Wilde held a privileged position in London society until her husband Oscar was convicted of homosexual crimes in the spring of 1895. Suddenly her life changed irrevocably. Forced to flee to the Continent with her two sons, her glittering literary and political career ended abruptly. Drawing upon numerous unpublished letters, the author brings to life the story of a woman at the heart of fin-de-siècle London and the Aesthetic movement.
The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde by Neil McKenna (Balcony 2A, 92 W671mc)
The author provides stunning new insight into the tumultuous sexual and psychological worlds of Oscar Wilde, charting his astonishing odyssey through London’s sexual underworld, and providing explosive new evidence of the political machinations behind Wilde’s trials for sodomy.
