| de Profundis, the Ballad of Reading Gaol & Others Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author), Minogue, Sally (Introduction by), Minogue, Sally (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 1840224010 ISBN-13: 9781840224016 Publisher: Wordsworth Editions OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Letters - History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Wordsworth Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London. De Profundis is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He contrasts his behaviour with that of his close friend Robert Ross who became Wilde's literary executor. The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the horrors of prison life, which was published anonymously in 1898. This collection also includes the essay The Soul of Man under Socialism and two of his Platonic dialogues, The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist. |