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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume 2: De Profundis; 'Epistola: In Carcere

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Book Title
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume 2: De Profundis; 'Epist
ISBN
9780198119623
EAN
9780198119623
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Publication Name
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde : Volume 2: De Profundis; 'epistola: in Carcere Et Vinculis'
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Length
8.8 in
Subject
European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2005
Series
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Ian Small
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Width
5.7 in
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198119623
ISBN-13
9780198119623
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30766888

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
352 Pages
Publication Name
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde : Volume 2: De Profundis; 'epistola: in Carcere Et Vinculis'
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Subject
European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Author
Ian Small
Series
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
00-025689
Dewey Edition
21
Volume Number
Vol. 2
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
828/.809
Table Of Content
IntroductionA Note on the Texts and the Textual CollationAbbreviationsEPISTOLA: IN CARCERE ET VINCULISA Note on the Commentary to 'Epistola: In Carcere et Vinculis'Commentary to 'Epistola: In Carcere et Vinculis'DE PROFUNDISA Note on the Commentary to 'De Profundis'Commentary to 'De Profundis'
Synopsis
This is the second volume in the Oxford English Texts edition of the works of Oscar Wilde. It presents for the first time the complete textual history of one of the most famous love letters ever written. It argues, however, that Wilde's prison document may be seen not just as the basis of a letter, but also as an unfinished literary work which he intended for public consumption at some future date. Such a case is made by placing in the public domain, often for the first time, a number of different works, derived from different texts, each of which bears witness to Wilde's multiple intentions for his prison document. The commentary to this edition sets Wilde's story of his own life in De Profundis against the testimony of other players in his drama., This is the second volume in the Oxford English Texts edition of the works of Oscar Wilde, the first volume of which was voted academic book of the year by Choice. This volume presents for the first time the complete textual history of one of the most famous love letters ever written. It argues, however, that Wilde's prison document may be seen not just as the basis of a letter, but also as an unfinished literary work which he intended for public consumption at some future date. Such a case is made by placing in the public domain, often for the first time, a number of different works, derived from different texts, each of which bears witness to Wilde's multiple intentions for his prison document. The commentary to this edition sets Wilde's story of his own life in De Profundis against the testimony of other players in his drama., A unique one-volume anthology which includes all of Wilde's stories, plays, and poems. It also features a large portion of his essays and letters and an introduction by Wilde's son, Vyvyan Holland., This volume presents for the first time the complete textual history of one of the most famous love letters ever written. Addressed to Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and composed in Reading Gaol, it was later given the title 'De Profundis' by Wilde's friend and literary executor, Robert Ross. It was Ross's severely abridged and sanitized version, published in 1905 and again 1908, which inaugurated the tradition of seeing De Profundis as the apologia pro sua vita of a broken man. This edition takes account of this complex heritage by arguing that Wilde's prison document may be seen not just as the basis of a letter (a typed copy of which may have been sent to Douglas) but also as an unfinished literary work which he intended for public consumption at some future date. Such a case is made by placing in the public domain, often for the first time, a number of different works, derived from different texts, each of which bears witness to Wilde's multiple intentions for his prison document. These texts comprise: the manuscript held in the British Library; the version of Wilde's letter published by his son, Vyvyan Holland, from a typescript bequeathed to him by Robert Ross; hitherto unpublished witnesses to that typescript; and Ross's editions, collated with each other. The commentary to this edition - again for the first time - sets Wilde's story of his own life in 'De Profundis' against the testimony of other players in his drama, including, most importantly, that of Douglas. In so doing it exposes the partial nature of Wilde's narrative, as well as the personal obsessions which animated it. The commentary also demonstrates a hitherto unnoticed element of Wilde's work, the extent and nature of its richly layered intertextuality and its similarity, in its compositional practices, to many of his earlier works.
LC Classification Number
PR5814
ebay_catalog_id
4
Copyright Date
2004

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