{"product_id":"the-wilde-album-9780805058949","title":"The Wilde Album","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most comprehensive collection of photographs and images of Wilde--compiled by his only grandson.  Oscar Wilde was one of the first and unquestionably one of the greatest self-publicists who ever lived. With that exceptional streak of modernity that characterized much of his life and work  he understood the power of the image in his campaign to promote the self. As early as his Oxford days  he had himself photographed with his contemporaries in loud checked suits of the latest fashion. The Wilde Album now publishes more of these images of Oscar than have ever been seen together before  as well as later photographs  some previously unpublished  from the family archive  including rare snapshots of Oscar in his last years in Italy; the famous sitting in New York for Napoleon Sarony in fur coat and velvet suit; and the good  the bad  and the vicious caricatures  cartoons  and lithographs.  In the accompanying text  Merlin Holland examines Wildes life as reflected in the photographs and images  paying particular attention to his relationships with friends  family  and lovers  as well as the profound influence of his Irish upbringing. He also investigates the reasons for the adverse opinions his work engered and the background to the famous legal battles that finally led to imprisonment and exile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789779263541,"sku":"ByrdShop_080505894X","price":27.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805058949.jpg?v=1784698161","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wilde-album-9780805058949","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}