Michèle Mendelssohn's guest appearances

Michèle Mendelssohn

Travels Through Time

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Matthew Green

Michael Palin

Christopher Marlowe

John Donne

Suzie Sheehy

Michael Wood

Andrew Roberts

Philip Hoare

Chris Bryant

Marcus du Sautoy

Shrabani Basu

Leo Hollis

Justin Marozzi

Richard III

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We have a very powerful image of Oscar Wilde today. He is remembered as a master of wit and style, and champion of the beautiful. But how was this identity constructed? How was he viewed by his contemporaries?  In this episode the author and academic Michèle Mendelssohn takes us back to 1882 and Wilde's lecture tour of the United States of America to find out. This year marked, she explains, ‘the beginning of Wilde’s ascent into the great character that we now know.’ The material covered in this episode of Travels Through Time comes from Michèle Mendelssohn’s latest book, Making Oscar Wilde, which was a book of the year in the Sunday Times and the Times Literary Supplement and a semi-finalist for the 2019 PEN America Biography Prize. For much, much more, head to https://www.tttpodcast.com/Show notesScene One: 9 January 1882, Wilde’s first lecture, The Chickering Hall, New York Scene Two: 18 January 1882, Camden, New Jersey: Wilde visits the poet Walt Whitman Scene Three: 27 June, Biloxi, Mississippi. Wilde visits the Confederate leader Jefferson Davis Memento: Oscar Wilde’s fur coatPeoplePresenter: Peter Moore Guest: Michèle Mendelssohn Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Colorgraph Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ See where 1882 fits on our Timeline

We have a very powerful image of Oscar Wilde today. He is remembered as a master of wit and style, and champion of the beautiful. But how was this identity constructed? How was he viewed by his contemporaries? In this episode the author and academic Michèle Mendelssohn takes us back to 1882 and Wilde's lecture tour of the United States of America to find out. This year marked, she explains, ‘the beginning of Wilde’s ascent into the great character that we now know.’ The material covered in this episode of Travels Through Time comes from Michèle Mendelssohn’s latest book, <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/making-oscar-wilde-9780198802365?cc=gb&amp;lang=en#:~:text=Making%20Oscar%20Wilde%20reveals%20the,name%20and%20gain%20international%20acclaim." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Making Oscar Wilde</a>, which was a book of the year in the Sunday Times and the Times Literary Supplement and a semi-finalist for the 2019 PEN America Biography Prize. For much, much more, head to <a href="https://www.tttpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tttpodcast.com/</a>Show notes Scene One: 9 January 1882, Wilde’s first lecture, The Chickering Hall, New York Scene Two: 18 January 1882, Camden, New Jersey: Wilde visits the poet Walt Whitman Scene Three: 27 June, Biloxi, Mississippi. Wilde visits the Confederate leader Jefferson Davis Memento: Oscar Wilde’s fur coatPeople Presenter: <a href="http://peter-moore.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Moore</a> Guest: <a href="https://twitter.com/theyoungoscar?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michèle Mendelssohn</a> Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: <a href="https://colorgraph.co/collections/ttt-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colorgraph</a> Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tttpodcast_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tttpodcast_</a> See where 1882 fits on our <a href="https://www.tttpodcast.com/timeline" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Timeline</a>

Michèle Mendelssohn: Making Oscar Wilde (1882)