Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume I: Poems and Poems in Prose

Zusatztext The editorial apparatus is meticulous and exhaustive ... As ancillary evidence for Wilde's later importance as a major cultural phenomenon, they [the poems] will reward more serious attention from scholars than they have previously received, and to that end this edition will deservedly become a standard work Klappentext This 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 ofmanuscripts, 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 itspublication. Zusammenfassung Provides students of Wilde with texts of Wilde's 119 poems and poems in prose, together with the publishing history of each poem, locations of manuscripts, variants and emendations, and a detailed commentary on allusions and echoes, imagery, and points of biographical interest.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Oscar Wilde
• Con la collaborazione di: Karl Beckson (Editore), Beckson Karl (Editore), Bobby Fong (Editore), Fong Bobby (Editore), Ian Small (Introduzione), Small Ian (Introduzione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2000
• EAN: 9780198119609
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811960-9
• Pagine: 368
• Serie: Complete Works Oscar Wilde; Complete Works Oscar Wilde; The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Diritto, professione, finanze > Formazione, professione, carriera; Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; Essays, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary essays, Literary studies: poetry and poets