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Who Was That Man?: A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde (The Masks Series) Paperback – August 1, 1988

by Neil Bartlett (Author)

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The author reflects on the links between the homosexual of the 1980s and his counterparts of a century ago--between gay lives today and those of Oscar Wilde, his friends, lovers, and acquaintances

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256 pages
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English
Publisher

Serpent's Tail
Publication date

August 1, 1988
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6.2 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
ISBN-10

1852421231
ISBN-13

978-1852421236
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Since the 1960s, when his work gained a new recognition in the literary canon, biographies of Oscar Wilde and critical analysis of his work have become commonplace. While this writing acknowledged the "fact" of Wilde's homosexuality, it did not, for the most part, explore the complexity of the impact it had upon his life and work. This is remedied in Neil Bartlett's Who Was That Man?, which squarely places Wilde in a gay historical context and literary tradition.

Neil Bartlett--an openly gay British novelist, critic and leading innovator on the British stage--has produced the one of the most remarkable books ever written on Wilde. Who Was That Man? is a personal meditation on Wilde's work and the relevance of the artist and playwright in the contemporary world. Bartlett uses his own experience as a gay man to understand Wilde's life and manages--through extensive historical research and evocative language--to make observations and connections and illuminate our understanding of the writer and his place in his own world and ours.

About the Author

Born in 1958, Neil Bartlett works as an author and as a theatre and opera director. His novel Mr Clive and Mr Page was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and has been translated into five languages. In 2000 he was awarded an OBE for his work in the theatre, which includes productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Serpent's Tail; First Edition (August 1, 1988)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1852421231
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1852421236
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.2 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches

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- #3,713 in British & Irish Literary Criticism (Books)
- #4,071 in Individual Photographers
- #4,615 in LGBTQ+ Demographic Studies

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Neil Bartlett was born in 1958. He works as a theatre and opera director as well as an author. His work in the theatre includes productions for the RSC, the National and the Royal Court as well as several controversial solo performance pieces. From 1994-2005 he was Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London; in 2000 he was awarded an OBE for his work in the theatre. Neil's first book, Who Was That Man? was a groundbreaking re-assessment of Oscar Wilde.
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A Walk on the Wilde Side

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2008

Who was that Man ? is a meditation and celebration of the form and meaning of gay life in London in the 19th century and the 1970s and 80s. Neil Bartlett puts together a collage of thoughts, excerpts and pictures to find the common threads of behavior and the disparate ways of understanding. He analyzes Wilde's work and life to find its relevance and irrelevance to today; the ways in which Wilde's downfall and persecution cast its shadow; the not very hidden subtext of all of Wilde's work that Wilde desperately denied as he fought for his life. Bartlett has ransacked the British Museum Library and the Collected Works of Oscar Wilde to uncover and restore forgotten history. Read together with Richard Ellman's biography and Neil Mc Kenna's Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, this book illuminates and goes far to explain Wilde's intentionally fascinating life and works. But more than that it casts light on the whole swath of gay experience.

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The Wilde Side

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2000

A gay Londoner of the 80s goes searching for his roots and finds Oscar Wilde, a complex figure early on in the history of the cultural and social construction of twentieth-century homosexuality. If you're interested in Wilde, this is a very good book to read along with Richard Ellman's more standard biography.

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