In Mickle Street, we see Wilde’s wit evolve, but many of his
words taste like young wine — a
fledging writer struggling with
his identity, convinced that he
has already made it because of
the many Americans who are attending his lectures, from New
York and Philadelphia, all the
way to Colorado — even though
the press writes less than flattering reviews.
Being associated with famous
people was as much en vogue in
the late 1800s as it is today. David M. Friedman, author of Wilde
in America: Oscar Wilde and the
Invention of Modern Celebrity,
provides evidence that “Wilde
didn’t travel to Camden to learn
how to be a famous writer. […]
He went to learn how to be a famous person.”
Whistler features the encounter
of the rising, if fairly inexperienced, Wilde with the seasoned
and much discussed Whitman,
then 62, at his house on Mickle
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