In Praise of Disobedience - The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Other Writings

Draws on work from a single year in which Wilde published the large part of his body of prose, including all of the political philosophy and selections from novels and stories.

About the author

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. His novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and stage comedies Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, established his reputation. In 1895, following his libel action against the Marquess of Queensberry, Wilde was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for homosexual conduct, as a result of which he wrote "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," and his epistolary essay De Profundis. On his release from prison in 1897 he lived in obscurity in Europe, and died in Paris in 1900.

Summary

Works of Wilde's annus mirabilis of 1891 in one volume, with an introduction by renowned British playwright.

Product details

• Authors: Oscar Wilde
• Assisted by: Bartlett Neil (Introduction)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781788730334
• ISBN: 978-1-78873-033-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 218 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Revolutions
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Essays, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary essays