Andre and Oscar: The Literary Friendship of Andre Gide and Oscar Wilde

by Jonathan Fryer

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In the Autumn of 1891, Oscar Wilde set about conquering literary Paris. Gide was dazzled by the Irishman's energy and verve, but was driven to the edge of a nervous breakdown by Wilde's merciless paradoxes and questioning of religious faith. The two writers met repeatedly over the next ten years in France, Italy, and North Africa, both before and after Wilde's imprisonment. But by the time Wilde died in Paris in 1900, the tables had been turned. He...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:031218039X

ISBN13:9780312180393

Release Date:January 1998

Publisher:St. Martin's Press

Length:214 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

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