Edition |
1st Carroll & Graf ed. |
Description |
ix, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
Note |
Originally published: London : Constable, 2000. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index. |
Summary |
"Robbie Ross is best known as the young man who first seduced Oscar Wilde and at the end acted as Wilde's devoted and able literary executor. He achieved something his lover appeared incapable of - maintaining a firm position within the establishment while living an openly homosexual life, at a time when that was all too often a recipe for disgrace or prison. This portrait of a chameleon figure - at once radical and conservative - gives a vivid picture of life in London at the turn of the nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET. |
Provenance |
Gift of Dr. James H. Poivan, Professor of History, Emeritus. |
Subject |
Ross, Robert Baldwin, 1869-1918.
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Ross, Robert Baldwin, 1869-1918. |
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Friends and associates.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. |
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Friends and associates. |
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Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Authors, English. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Art critics -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Art critics. |
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Great Britain. |
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Editors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Editors. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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ISBN |
078670781X |
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9780786707812 |
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