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 ix
... later , in their review of research on Wilde , Ian Fletcher and John Stokes noted that ' Wilde's poetry has never been highly regarded ' ; and as recently as 1989 Isobel Murray merely repeated what had then become a common- place , that ...
... later , in their review of research on Wilde , Ian Fletcher and John Stokes noted that ' Wilde's poetry has never been highly regarded ' ; and as recently as 1989 Isobel Murray merely repeated what had then become a common- place , that ...
Page x
... later developed in more sophisticated ways . Wilde's early poetry exhibits qualities which turn out to be funda- mental to the famous and successful writer he later became , and whom modern critics value so highly . In other words ...
... later developed in more sophisticated ways . Wilde's early poetry exhibits qualities which turn out to be funda- mental to the famous and successful writer he later became , and whom modern critics value so highly . In other words ...
Page xiii
... later works there seems to be a more precise correspondence between the first periodical readership and the marketing strategies behind the books . By contrast , the pricing of Poems ( 1881 ) suggests a different audience from those ...
... later works there seems to be a more precise correspondence between the first periodical readership and the marketing strategies behind the books . By contrast , the pricing of Poems ( 1881 ) suggests a different audience from those ...
Page xix
... 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 green : the small bulk of the text ...
... 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 green : the small bulk of the text ...
Page xxi
... later in the 1890s . It is worth noting that the kind of reader for whom these critics claimed to be speaking was quite distinct : he or she was assumed to have expectations unlike those of the periodical reader ( or indeed the theatre ...
... later in the 1890s . It is worth noting that the kind of reader for whom these critics claimed to be speaking was quite distinct : he or she was assumed to have expectations unlike those of the periodical reader ( or indeed the theatre ...
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