1st Edition
Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part IV, Volume 1 Henry James, Edith Wharton and Oscar Wilde by their Contemporaries
Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this set collects contemporary memoirs, biographies and ephemera relating to Oscar Wilde, Henry James and Edith Wharton. Editorial apparatus includes a general introduction, headnotes, endnotes and a general index.
Introduction, 1. Oscar Wilde at Oxford a) David Hunter Blair, ‘Oscar Wilde As I Knew Him’, Victorian Days and Other Papers b) G. T. Atkinson, ‘Oscar Wilde at Oxford’, Cornhill Magazine c) [A. T. D.], ‘Familiarum Sermones. II O’Flighty’, Oxford and Cambridge Undergraduates Journal 2. The Young Oscar Wilde in London a) Lillie Langtry, The Days I Knew b) Anon., ‘Swinburne and Water’, Punch 3. Portrayals of Oscar Wilde in the Early 1880s a) [George de Maurier], ‘The Six-Mark Teapot’, Punch b) [Edward Linley Sambourne], ‘Let Us Live Up To It’, Punch c) [Edward Linley Sambourne], ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 37’, Punch d) Rhoda Broughton, Second Thoughts 4. Walter Hamilton, The Aesthetic Movement in England 5. Oscar Wilde in the 1880s a) Anna de Brémont, Oscar Wilde and his Mother: A Memoir b) [Thomas Gibson Bowles], ‘Men of the Day – No. CCCV’, Vanity Fair c) Arthur Fish, ‘Oscar Wilde as Editor’, Harper’s Weekly 6. Oscar Wilde as Mentor a) William Rothenstein, Men and Memories: Recollections of William Rothenstein, 1872–1900 b) André Raffalovich, ‘Oscar Wilde by Alexander Michaelson’, Blackfriars Magazine 7. Some Women on Oscar Wilde a) Ada Leverson, Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde b) Michael Field, Works and Days from the Journal of Michael Field 8. Oscar Wilde in the 1890s a) Walter Pater, ‘A Novel by Mr Oscar Wilde’, Bookman b) André Gide, Oscar Wilde. A Study from the French 9. Criminal Oscar Wilde a) Robert Sherard, The Life of Oscar Wilde b) Anon., ‘Oscar Wilde’s Disgrace’, New York Times c) Anon., ‘Closing Scene at the Old Bailey’, Illustrated Police News d) Anon., ‘The Wilde Case’, News of the World 10. Oscar Wilde as a Type a) Max Nordau, Degeneration b) Dalhousie Young, Apologia Pro Oscar Wilde 11. Oscar Wilde in Exile a) Ernest La Jeunesse, In Memoriam Oscar Wilde b) The Times (1 December 1900) 12. The Aftermath a) Robert Ross, Preface to De Profundis b) Anon., ‘Oscar Wilde’s Tomb’, Pall Mall Gazette c) Jacob Epstein, ‘The Oscar Wilde Monument’, The Times
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Volume Editors: Jane Spirit (Oscar Wilde), , Sarah Annes Brown (Henry James), Elizabeth Nolan & Janet Beer (Edith Wharton), Series Editor Ralph Pite.
