Wilde in America : Oscar Wilde and the invention of modern celebrity /
Oscar Wilde was hired to go to America to promote a Gilbert & Sullivan work by presenting lectures on interior decorating. But Wilde had his own business plan. He would go to promote himself. And he did, traveling some 15,000 miles and visiting 150 American cities as he created a template for fa...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Oscar Wilde was hired to go to America to promote a Gilbert & Sullivan work by presenting lectures on interior decorating. But Wilde had his own business plan. He would go to promote himself. And he did, traveling some 15,000 miles and visiting 150 American cities as he created a template for fame creation that still works today. |
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| Physical Description: | 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-294) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393063172 (hbk.) 0393063178 (hbk.) |