Poetical Works (Wordsworth Poetry Library) - Softcover

Wilde, Oscar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853264253 ISBN 13: 9781853264252

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This is a collection of the poetic works of Oscar Wilde. The majority of these poems were written before he was 27, with a handful of impressionistic lyrics and "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" written later. Wilde applies different slants to established forms.

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About the Author

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. He later lived in London and married Constance Lloyd there in 1884. Wilde was a leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. He published a revised and expanded edition in 1891 in response to negative reviews which criticised the book’s immorality. Wilde became famous through of the immense success of his plays such as Lady Windemere's Fan (1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).

In 1985, after a public scandal involving Wilde's relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, he was sentenced to two years' hard labour in Reading Gaol for 'gross indecency'. His poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol was based on his experiences in prison and was published in 1898. After his release, Wilde never lived in England again and died in Paris on 30 November 1900. He is buried in Père Lachaise cemetery.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853264253
• ISBN 13: 9781853264252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208