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The Soul of Man Under Socialism Oscar Wilde

The Soul of Man Under Socialism By Oscar Wilde

The Soul of Man Under Socialism by Oscar Wilde


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Summary

A collection of works by Wilde, describing his thoughts on literature and social principles. It includes The Soul of Man, a manifesto on Individualism, and De Profundis, an attempt at self-analysis. Also two letters on prison injustices, and The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

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The Soul of Man Under Socialism by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is best known for his extravagantly witty plays and epigrams, but he was also a serious writer about literature and social principles. In The Soul of Man he wrote a kind of manifesto, preached an idea of Individualism, and defended the individual against the claims of society, whether of custom, of conformity, or of convention. After the drama of the successful playwright's trials for homosexual acts, he was imprisoned with hard labour for two years, under harsh regulations and in unrelieved solitary confinement. De Profundis, the long letter he composed in Reading Gaol, is a unique human document and attempt at self-analysis and autobiography. It is published here with Wilde's two long letters on prison injustices, sent to the Daily Chronicle after serving his sentence. The execution of a fellow prisoner for murder inspired the one work he accomplished on his release, The Ballad of Reading Gaol. This volume presents the less familiar, serious Wilde, before and after his fall.

Table of Contents

A chronology of Oscar Wilde; The Soul of Man; De Profundis; Wilde's first post-prison letter to the Daily Chronicle; The Ballad of Reading Gaol; Wilde's second post-prison letter to the Daily Chronicle.

Additional information

GOR001574671
9780192817976
0192817973
The Soul of Man Under Socialism by Oscar Wilde
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19900601
256
N/A
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