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Article: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde.(The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De Profundis 'Epistola, In Carcere et Vinculis', vol. 2)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- August 1, 2005
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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. Volume 2: De Profundis 'Epistola: In Carcere et Vinculis'. Ian Small, editor. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]80.00. vi + 345 pages. ISBN0-19-811062-3. In this second volume of Wilde's works we have his writings from Reading Gaol. The editor's aim is 'to establish an authoritative (and perhaps definitive) text', no easy task when it comes to Wilde's prison 'letter'. To do this Mr Small, a meticulous scholar and editor, presents the various documents, explains the difficulties and then gives readers an 'authoritative text' along with his basis for doing so. ...
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Transcript: Oscar Wilde
Weekend Saturday (NPR);
April 11, 1998 ;
700+ words
... ... over a century ago, Irish playwright Oscar Wilde owned England' s public eye. In fact ... public scandal and two years in prison, Oscar Wilde died while his ignominy was larger than ... reputation as a writer. But it appears that Oscar Wilde still lives in the pages and on the ...
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