The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in proseThis volume of Poems and Poems in Prose inaugurates the Oxford English Texts Complete Works of Oscar Wilde , which will for the first time provide students of Wilde with scholarly and textually accurate texts of his complete oeuvre. In it, Bobby Fong and Karl Beckson provide reliable texts of Wilde's 119 poems and poems in prose, including 21 never published in his lifetime, together with the publishing history of each poem, locations of manuscripts, all known variants and emendations, and a detailed commentary on allusions and echoes, imagery, and points of biographical interest. The introduction by Ian Small, co-general editor of the Complete Works, discusses the historical context in which Wilde wrote poetry and the conditions surrounding its publication. |
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Page xi
... Mason ( Christopher Millard ) suggests in a manuscript note to his own copy of the Bibliography of Oscar Wilde ( London : T. Werner Laurie Ltd. , 1914 ) that ' Italia ' was published in the Boston Pilot in 1877 , a detail which ...
... Mason ( Christopher Millard ) suggests in a manuscript note to his own copy of the Bibliography of Oscar Wilde ( London : T. Werner Laurie Ltd. , 1914 ) that ' Italia ' was published in the Boston Pilot in 1877 , a detail which ...
Page xii
... Mason , 331–62 . It is worth noting , however , that the advertised print - runs , which Mason cites , are not always the same as actual print - runs ( see n . 15 ) . Nine hundred copies of Intentions were intended for the British ...
... Mason , 331–62 . It is worth noting , however , that the advertised print - runs , which Mason cites , are not always the same as actual print - runs ( see n . 15 ) . Nine hundred copies of Intentions were intended for the British ...
Page xiv
... Mason , 225-6 . " The details of the actual contract which Wilde signed with Bogue are given below and they are evidence of what is perhaps a compromise between the two men . A standard and printed contract was altered in ways which ...
... Mason , 225-6 . " The details of the actual contract which Wilde signed with Bogue are given below and they are evidence of what is perhaps a compromise between the two men . A standard and printed contract was altered in ways which ...
Page xv
... Mason ( p . 283 ) printed the first clauses of the contract and noted that there were manuscript changes made to it . He failed to note , however , the original terms of the standard contract . ) 10 Evidence that Wilde was anxious about ...
... Mason ( p . 283 ) printed the first clauses of the contract and noted that there were manuscript changes made to it . He failed to note , however , the original terms of the standard contract . ) 10 Evidence that Wilde was anxious about ...
Page xix
... Mason , 392-4 . Charles Ricketts later commented that the unusual qualities of the book were made partly from choice and partly by necessity : " This is the first book of the modern revival printed in three colours , red , black , and ...
... Mason , 392-4 . Charles Ricketts later commented that the unusual qualities of the book were made partly from choice and partly by necessity : " This is the first book of the modern revival printed in three colours , red , black , and ...
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