De Profundis
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 150582480X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 38 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A short, quick, must read for students of literature. Well written classic novel. Clever theme, the portrait ages, but the model does not. Oscar Wilde was not part of my Catholic school reading list, for apparent reason.. Sincerely True Though Perhaps Not Truly Sincere I agree that this is a book that should be read by all and I do not deny the great emotional intensity with which it is written. For these two reasons and the very nature of the work, it certainly merits a 5 star rating. However, my primary criticism is that I was discomforted with an underlying feeling of insincerity when I read the words Wilde wrote to Douglas. I do believe that the circumstances were as Wilde listed, but I did not feel that Wilde was a. Strangely moving One of the most famous - and infamous - letters in all of literature, De Profundis is a strange little piece of work: either much more than it appears on the surface, or much less. It is something I think everyone should read, if only for its insight into the human character, particularly that of one under great personal suffering. Wilde wrote this extraordinarily long letter from prison to Lord Alfred Douglas, his friend, lover, and the man who - by all
'De Profundis' remains Wilde's greatest piece of prose-writing -- Colm Toibin
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer and poet who distinguished himself as a leader of London's school of Aesthetics in the late nineteenth century. In 1895, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency in a legal suit from the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The eighty page manuscript begins by examining Lord Alfred's behavior and negative influence on Wilde during their three-year relationship; the second part of the letter describes the harsh conditions of prison and the physical and emotional toll it took on the writer. He finish-es the letter with a Christian analogy of himself as a symbol of art and truth. He was imprisoned for two years, serving hard labor, during which time he wrote "De Profundis": a letter to Douglas discussing their relationship and the spiritual journey that Wilde had undergone in prison. Check out our other books at dogstailbooks. He became famous for his long hair