Antonia, Nina
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
A Purple Thread: The Supernatural Doom of Oscar Wilde / written by Nina Antonia ; illustration by Nathaniel Winter-Hébert. A Peculiar Parish Edition. Berkeley, CA: Fiddler's Green, 2020
Booklet — Box 1: Series 1, Folder: 3, Item: 8
Collection number: Box 1
Summary
"Even before his borth, the life of Oscar Wilde was one shaped by dark, otherworldly forces. From a childhood spent in the fabled lands of Tír na nÓg to his star-crossed romance with Lord Alfred Douglas, Wilde's trajectory through the artistic and social worlds of his day seemed guided by strange works, including Salomé and The Picture of Dorian Gray.In this focused biographical account, author Nina Antonia examines the florid tapestry of the playwright's tragic ascent and fall,...
Dates:
Publication: 2020
Flitting / Nin Antonia. The Christmas Number. Berkeley, CA: Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine, 2019
Booklet — Box 1: Series 1, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Collection number: Box 1
Summary
A short Christmas story offered as a Fiddler's Green holiday special. A darkly poetic telling of English changeling folklore set in the modern day, Flitting provides a cozy- if slightly unsettling- bookend to this most disquieting of years.
Dates:
Publication: 2019
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- Changelings -- England 1
- Christmas fiction 1
- Fairies -- England 1
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