In Search of Family in The Wildes by Louis Bayard
About this episode
Louis Bayard discusses his novel The Wildes, exploring Oscar Wilde's family life and the challenges of writing about such a prominent figure.
Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Louis Bayard, author of The Wildes listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction. View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ukomPza-Oh0 Why write about Oscar Wilde through the lens of his family life?Inspiration for the novel from the memoir of Vivian Wilde, the youngest of the two sons of Oscar and Constance.Challenges of writing about one of the great wits in the English language.Structure of The Wildes as a play in five acts in a high comedy regi...
People in this episode
Host: Carol M. Cram
Guest: Louis Bayard
Topics covered
- family
- literature
- Oscar Wilde
- writing challenges
- high comedy
- play structure
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Wildes
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