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Oscar Wilde by Anja Slibar

The New Yorker: The Myth of Oscar Wilde’s Martyrdom

This article in the New Yorker online discusses the many poses and identities of Oscar Wilde, and compares biographies by Richard Ellmann and Matthew Sturgis. The illustration is by Anja Slibar for the New Yorker.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11/the-myth-of-oscar-wildes-martyrdom

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