An entirely new kind of biography, Built of Books explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books This intimate account of Oscar Wilde\'s Life and writings is richer, livelier, and more personal than any book available about the brilliant writer, revealing a man who Built himself out of books.
The author of Oscar Wilde\'s Table Talk , Wright lives in Genoa and London, and sometimes writes about subjects unconnected with his hero..
He lectures frequently on Wilde and has written countless articles about him.
About author(s): Thomas Wright was educated at Saint Thomas More School in Bedford, England.
We come to understand how Reading can be an extremely sensual experience, producing a physical as well as a spiritual delight.
Reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges\'s fictional hero who enters Cervantes\'s mind by saturating himself in the culture of sixteenth-century Spain, Wright employs Wilde as his own Virgilian guide to world literature.
One of the book\'s happiest surprises is the story of the author\'s adventure Reading Wilde\'s library.
Wilde\'s library, which Thomas Wright spent twenty years reading, provides the intellectual (and emotional) climate at the core of this deeply engaging portrait.
A reader first, his readerly encounters, out of all of life\'s pursuits, are seen to be as significant as his most important relationships with friends, family, or lovers.
His library was his reality, the source of so much that was vital to his life.
An entirely new kind of biography, Built of Books explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books This intimate account of Oscar Wilde\'s Life and writings is richer, livelier, and more personal than any book available about the brilliant writer, revealing a man who Built himself out of books
