Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews

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oscar wilde in america i-xii_1-196_Wild.indd 1 8/4/09 9:11:25 AM i-xii_1-196_Wild.indd 2 8/4/09 9:11:26 AM oscar wilde • in america • The Interviews edited by Matthew Hofer & Gary Scharnhorst University of Illinois Press    i-xii_1-196_Wild.indd 3 8/4/09 9:11:27 AM © 2010 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America c 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Frontispiece: Oscar Wilde in New York City. Photo taken by Napoleon Sarony, January 1882. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Oscar Wilde in America : the interviews / edited by Matthew Hofer and Gary Scharnhorst. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-252-03472-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Wilde, Oscar, 1854–1900—Interviews. 2. Authors, Irish—19th century—Interviews. 3. Wilde, Oscar, 1854–1900—Travel—United States. I. Wilde, Oscar, 1854–1900. II. Hofer, Matthew. III. Scharnhorst, Gary. pr5823.o655   2009 828’.809—dc22   2009015053 [b] i-xii_1-196_Wild.indd 4 11/12/09 11:32:00 AM For Scarlett and Sandy i-xii_1-196_Wild.indd 5 8/4/09 9:11:27 AM i-xii_1-196_Wild.indd 6 8/4/09 9:11:27 AM ...