De Profundis and Other Writings
De Profundis and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde is a collection published by Penguin Books Limited on August 30, 1973. This edition, comprising 252 pages, features a range of Wilde’s essays and poems that showcase his intellectual, emotional, and poetic genius. The writings include notable works such as “The Soul of Man under Socialism,” which addresses the implications of economic bureaucracy, and “De Profundis,” a deeply introspective letter written during his imprisonment.
Readers will find a diverse array of content in this anthology, reflecting Wilde’s sharp wit and profound insights. The collection also includes “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” where Wilde poignantly articulates themes of suffering and empathy. Additionally, the volume presents examples of Wilde’s humor and epigrammatic style, which illuminate various truths through unexpected perspectives. This edition serves as a literary exploration of Wilde’s thoughts on individuality, society, and the human condition.
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I have nothing to declare,’ Wilde once told an American customs official, ‘except my genius.’ A good part of that genius is evident in the essays and poems included in this volume. There is the intellectual genius of The Soul of Man under Socialism, in which he clearly foresaw the dangers of economic bureaucracy and state-worship: for Wilde socialism meant liberation and individuality, not enslavement. Then there is the emotional genius of De Profundis, the long, introspective and often hostile letter he addressed to Lord Alfred Douglas from prison. And there is the poetical genius of The Ballad of Reading Gaol, in which Wilde’s generous nature could movingly express for another’s misery the sorrow he found it hard to express for his own. This collection contains, too, many examples of that humorous and epigrammic genius which captured the London theatre and which, by suddenly casting light from an unexpected angle, widened the bounds of truth.
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