Oscar Wilde

by Beckson,Karl; Beckson,Karl

• ISBN13: 9780415159524
• ISBN10: 0415159520
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-04-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). British dramatist whose works and wit often attracted scandalized protest. Writings include: The Happy Prince, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information . Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk .

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	v
Acknowledgments	xii
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(32)
Poems (1881)
Review in Athenaeum, 1881	33	(4)
Review in Saturday Review, 1881	37	(1)
Oscar Browning, in Academy, 1881	38	(3)
Review in Dial, 1881	41	(1)
Review in Spectator, 1881	42	(6)
Walter Hamilton, Wilde's `aesthetic poetry', 1882	48	(2)
T. W. Higginson, Wilde's `unmanly' poetry, 1882	50	(3)
Ambrose Bierce, Wilde as `sovereign of insufferables', 1882	53	(2)
Vera; or the Nihilists (1883)
Review in New York Times, 1883	55	(2)
Review in New York Daily Tribune, 1883	57	(2)
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)
Walter Pater, letter to Wilde, 1888	59	(1)
Notice in Athenaeum, 1888	60	(1)
Alexander Galt Ross, in Saturday Review, 1888	61	(2)
James Mcneill Whistler, Wilde as plagiarist, 1890	63	(2)
Wilde's response to Whistler's charge, 1890	65	(1)
Whistler's final word, 1890	66	(1)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) (first version)
Review in St. Jame's Gazette, 1890	67	(5)
Review in Daily Chronicle, 1890	72	(2)
Notice in Scots Observer, 1890	74	(2)
Review in Punch, 1890	76	(2)
John Addington Symonds, 1890	78	(1)
Julian Hawthorne, in Lippincott's, 1890	79	(2)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) (second version)
Review in Theatre, 1891	81	(1)
Notice in Athenaeum, 1891	82	(1)
Walter Pater, in Bookman, 1891	83	(4)
The Duchess of Padua (1891)
Review in New York Times, 1891	87	(2)
Review in New York Daily Tribune, 1891	89	(1)
Intentions (1891)
Review in Pall Mall Gazette, 1891	90	(2)
Review in Athenaeum, 1891	92	(2)
Arthur Symons in Speaker, 1891	94	(3)
Richard Le Gallienne in Academy, 1891	97	(6)
Agnes Repplier, Intentions as year's `best book', 1892	103	(4)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891)
Notice in Graphic, 1891	107	(1)
William Sharp in Academy, 1891	108	(2)
W. B. Yeats in United Ireland, 1891	110	(3)
A House of Pomegranates (1891)
Review in Pall Mall Gazette, 1891	113	(1)
Review in Saturday Review, 1892	114	(3)
Review in Athenaeum, 1892	117	(2)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
A. B. Walkley in Speaker, 1892	119	(5)
Clement Scott in Illustrated London News, 1892	124	(2)
Review in Black and White, 1892	126	(1)
Frederick Wedmore in Academy, 1892	127	(2)
Review in Westminster Review, 1892	129	(2)
Justin Huntly Mccarthy in Gentleman's Magazine, 1892	131	(1)
Salome (1893)
Edgar Saltus on Wilde's reading of Salome in manuscript, 1917	132	(1)
Notice in The Times, 1893	133	(1)
Max Beerbohm, 1893	134	(1)
Review in Pall Mall Gazette, 1893	135	(3)
Lord Alfred Douglas in Spirit Lamp, 1893	138	(3)
William Archer in Black and White, 1893	141	(2)
Notice in Critic, 1894	143	(1)
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
William Archer in World, 1893	144	(5)
William Archer in defence of his praise of Wilde, 1893	149	(1)
A. B. Walkley in Speaker, 1893	150	(2)
Review in Saturday Review, 1893	152	(3)
`An Open letter to Oscar Wilde, Esq.', Theatre, 1893	155	(5)
Review in Westminster Review, 1893	160	(2)
W. B. Yeats in Bookman, 1895	162	(2)
The Sphinx (1894)
Review in Pall Mall Budget, 1894	164	(3)
W. E. Henley in Pall Mall Gazette, 1894	167	(3)
Review in Athenaeum, 1894	170	(2)
An Ideal Husband (1895)
H. G. Wells in Pall Mall Gazette, 1895	172	(1)
William Archer in Pall Mall Budget, 1895	173	(3)
George Bernard Shaw in Saturday Review, 1895	176	(2)
Clement Scott in Illustrated London News, 1895	178	(1)
A. B. Walkley in Speaker, 1895	179	(4)
Henry James, letter to William James, 1895	183	(1)
William Dean Howells in Harper's Weekly, 1895	184	(3)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
H. G. Wells in Pall Mall Gazette, 1895	187	(1)
Hamilton Fyfe on the play's reception, 1895	188	(1)
William Archer in World, 1895	189	(2)
Review in Truth, 1895	191	(3)
George Bernard Shaw in Saturday Review, 1895	194	(2)
A. B. Walkley in Speaker, 1895	196	(3)
Review in Theatre, 1895	199	(2)
William Archer on loss to British drama, 1895	201	(1)
Ernest Newman on Wilde's genius for paradox, 1895	202	(9)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
Review in Academy, 1898	211	(3)
W. E. Henley in Outlook, 1898	214	(4)
Arthur Symons in Saturday Review, 1898	218	(3)
Comment in Pall Mall Gazette, 1898	221	(1)
Review in Critic, 1899	222	(3)
On the occasion of Wilde's death (1900)
Obituary, New York Times, 1900	225	(2)
Obituary, The Times, 1900	227	(2)
Obituary, Pall Mall Gazette, 1900	229	(1)
Max Beerbohm on Wilde as dramatist, 1900	230	(3)
J. T. Grein on Wilde as dramatist, 1900	233	(4)
Henry-D. Davray on Wilde's literary career, 1901	237	(1)
J. T. Grein on The Importance of Being Earnest, 1901	238	(3)
Andre Gide on Wilde as stylist, 1902	241	(1)
De Profundis (1905)
Letters to Robert Ross 1905	242	(2)
William T. Stead	242	(1)
Laurence Housman	242	(1)
Edmund Gosse	243	(1)
George Bernard Shaw	243	(1)
E. V. Lucas in Times Literary Supplement, 1905	244	(4)
Max Beerbohm in Vanity Fair, 1905	248	(4)
G. S. Street in The Outlook, 1905	252	(3)
R. B. Cunninghame Graham in Saturday Review, 1905	255	(4)
W. B. Yeats on Salome, 1905	259	(1)
The literary position of Oscar Wilde, 1906	260	(9)
James Joyce on The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1906	269	(1)
Archibald Henderson on Wilde's plays, 1907	270	(7)
R. A. Scott-James on De Profundis, 1908	277	(4)
Collected Works (1908)
St John Hankin in Fortnightly Review, 1908	281	(13)
Arthur Symons in Athenaeum, 1908	294	(8)
Harold Child in Times Literary Supplement, 1908	302	(5)
Lord Alfred Douglas in Academy, 1908	307	(4)
G. K. Chesterton in Daily News, 1909	311	(3)
T. Sturge Moore, letter to Robert Ross, 1909	314	(1)
Edmund Gosse, letter to A. Gide on Wilde's mediocrity, 1910	315	(1)
Lewis Piaget Shanks on Wilde's place in literature, 1910	316	(6)
T. W. H. Crosland on De Profundis, 1912	322	(2)
Charles Ricketts on Wilde as talker and writer, 1912	324	(1)
Holbrook Jackson on Wilde as dandy and artist, 1913	325	(14)
Ernst Bendz on Wilde's literary reputation, 1914	339	(4)
James Gibbons Huneker on Wilde as an imitator, 1914	343	(2)
Alice Wood on Wilde as a critic, 1915	345	(10)
John Cowper Powys on Wilde as a symbolic figure, 1916	355	(11)
Ernst Bendz: a defence of Wilde, 1916	366	(13)
Edgar Saltus on Wilde's literary ability, 1917	379	(1)
H. L. Mencken on Wilde as Puritan and aesthete, 1918	380	(4)
George Moore, letter to Frank Harris, 1918	384	(2)
Vincent O' Sullivan: a reply to Moore, 1918	386	(3)
Upton Sinclair, letter to Frank Harris, 1918	389	(5)
J. Middleton Murry on Wilde's literary achievement, 1920	394	(2)
W. B. Yeats on The Happy Prince, 1923	396	(4)
A. B. Walkley on Wilde's comedies, 1923	400	(3)
John Drinkwater on The Importance of Being Earnest, 1923	403	(3)
Edward Shanks on Wilde's literary reputation, 1924	406	(11)
Arnold Bennett on Wilde as an outmoded writer, 1927	417	(2)
Bibliography	419	(2)
Index	421