Following up on the previous item, Merlin Holland, a grandson of Oscar Wilde has just published a memoir reflecting on his grandfather's legacy. It is only available on the other side of the pond currently, but will be published here in April.
After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal traces the laborious path Wilde's literary standing took from "none dare speak his name" to become hailed one of the key figures in the gay liberation movement. Writing in The Guardian, reviewer Matthew Sturgis notes that "After a childhood trying to avoid what seemed an embarrassing association, and a post-university career in academic publishing in the Middle East, [Holland] came to realise that honesty was what was needed. If he was going to acknowledge his grandfather it must be not as a mere 'living link' with the past, but as an informed expert. And that is what he has become: the author of several important books of Wildean history and historiography – including this one.
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