Mary Walsingham Crean manuscript, circa 1881-1885.

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Mary Walsingham Crean manuscript, circa 1881-1885.

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Manuscript of an essay written by Mary Walsingham Crean titled "Is he knave or fool--this Mr. Wilde?" concerning Oscar Wilde's lecture tour of America in 1881. In the essay Crean condemns what she views as Wilde's hedonistic aestheticism and morally adrift elitism and defends her fellow countrymen against his insinuations that they are coarse, vulgar philistines. The essay includes an anecdote concerning a reporter who visited Wilde in his hotel rooms during his stay in New Orleans, La., and found him "lolling on a sofa sniffing cologne."

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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00005f Irish writer, poet, and playwright. From the description of Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625016 Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Crean, Mary Walsingham.

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