The soul of man, and prison writings

Author(s)

• Wilde, Oscar
• Murray, Isobel

Bibliographic Information

The soul of man, and prison writings

Oscar Wilde ; edited with an introduction and notes by Isobel Murray

（Oxford world's classics）

Oxford University Press, 1999

Note

Includes bibliographical references: p. [xx]

Description and Table of Contents

Description

'All limitations, external or internal, are prison-walls, and life is a limitation.' Presenting the less familiar, serious Wilde before and after his fall, this volume includes The Soul of Man, a manifesto on Individualism, De Profundis, the self-analysing piece he wrote in gaol, two open letters to the Daily Chronicle on prison injustice, and The Ballad of Reading Gaol, inspired by the execution of a fellow-prisoner.

Table of Contents

• The Soul of Man
• De Profundis
• First Post-Prison Letter to The Daily Chronicle
• The Ballad of Reading Gaol
• Second Post-Prison Letter to The Daily Chronicle

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Details

• NCID: BA42344280
• ISBN:
  • 0192839616
• LCCN: 89022875
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 224 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR5812
  • DC20 : 828/.809
  • NDLC : KS175
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Prisons -- Literary collections
  • LCSH : Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Authors, Irish -- 19th century -- Correspondence
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA39006530