Truly Wilde
The Story of Dolly Wilde, Oscar's Unusual Neice
Published on 5. October 2000
Book
Hardback
464 pages
978-1-86049-570-0 (ISBN)
Description
The story of Oscar's flamboyant niece, Dolly Wilde (1895-1941) and the notorious literary salon in Paris that she and Natalie Barney established in the 1920s. The Academie des Femmes was a sort of literary circle comprising at one time or another Colette, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy and Romaine Brooks. It was often visited by men too - T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Jean Cocteau. At the heart of the salon - and this story - is the passionate love affair between Dolly and Natalie. Dolly was, like her famous uncle, a witty degenerate, brilliant and literary. In Paris, she cross-dressed as her uncle. HG Wells called her a "feminine Wilde", Radclyffe Hall's lover called her "much the better man".
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Illustrations
Section: 16, b&w
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
849 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86049-570-0 (9781860495700)
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Joan Schenkar has been called 'America's most original female contemporary playwright'. Her works are produced, taught, read, and reviewed across North America and Western Europe. She is the recipient of more than 40 grants, honors and awards. This is her first book.