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Andre and Oscar: Gide and Wilde - A Literary Friendship
 
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Andre and Oscar: Gide and Wilde - A Literary Friendship (Paperback)

by Jonathan Fryer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 254 pages
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby; New Ed edition (4 Aug 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749004134
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749004132
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 14.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,333,257 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This study charts the stormy emotions of the friendship between Oscar Wilde and Andre Gide, whom he met in Paris in 1891. Through letters and diaries, Fryer looks at the men's lives through the eyes of their mothers, their wives and their boyfriends, The book is not just a chronicle of a cross-channel literary relationship, it also provides an insight into what W.H.Auden would much later call the "Homintern" - an international network of gay men and their companions, as well as the hypocracy of the 1890s.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating relationship, disappointing book., 24 Jun 2004
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André Gide and Oscar Wilde are two very fascinating and highly complex artists, and a study of their friendship is consequently a promising read.
However, "André & Oscar" does not quite live up to its promise. The author does no more than place episodes of both authors' lives next to each other and never really explores the profound influence that Oscar Wilde, at the time of their meeting the middle-aged High Priest of Decadence, had on both the life and artistic convictions of the young timid Protestant André Gide.
The book simply isn't deep enough. One gets the impression that the author wanted to write a popular book about a subject that is not actually fit for such a shallow approach. The literary friendship of Oscar and André is important enough to deserve a more thorough study.
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