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ISBN:	014043089X (ISBN13: 9780140430899)
Edition Language:	English

De Profundis and Other Writings

Oscar Wilde

Paperback | Pages: 252 pages

Rating: 4.21 | 2333 Users | 92 Reviews

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Title	:	De Profundis and Other Writings
Author	:	Oscar Wilde
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Penguin Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 252 pages
Published	:	August 26th 1976 by Penguin Books (first published 1897)
Categories	:	Classics. Nonfiction. Writing. Essays. Autobiography. Memoir. Literature. Poetry

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A superb work of prose, this autobiographical essay in epistolary form is also--although Wilde would never call it so--an unconventional moral exhortation and an impressionistic work of Christology. This letter from prison written to Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas--Wilde's young lover and the occasion of his downfall--urges the young lord to face up to his own reckless past behavior and to seek the knowledge of self that can only be gained through suffering. "Shallowness is the only sin." Wilde repeats again and again. "Whatever is realized is right." What Wilde calls "a failure of the imagination" is the moral evil that afflicts Bosie, and it is only by a necessarily painful growth in self-awareness that this young man can become a fully human, completely realized work of art. Some of the most interesting passages here are Wilde's exploration of the nature of Christ. Wilde considers Him the true founder of the Romantic movement, the first authentic individualist, a man who saw each person as unique and who revealed to humankind the profound truth that we must grow through suffering into love.

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Oscar Wildes was a homosexual and he had a sexual affair with Sir Alfred Douglas who happened to be nobility. Now sodomy at that time was a jailable offense so Oscar went to jail while Douglas being noble didnt have to. This book is actually a contemptuous love letter to the nobleman. Its strange however way ahead of its time.

Probably the greatest natural English or Irish writer of literature, apart maybe from Beckett. Apologies.

Wildes 50,000-word epistolary jaccuse to former lover Bosie, written from prison, is also a glorious piece of prose artistry and a fascinating essay on art theory, ethics, and speculative Christian theology. Wilde is in turn unbearably pompous and unbearably sympathetic, preaching with real conviction about his own personal genius one moment and then, with equal conviction, about the necessity of humility. In the final paragraph he admits the inconsistencies. Wilde must have known that this



Personal and yet general, a fantastic love letter by a fantastic writer.

I'm somewhat flitting between giving this a four or a five-star rating, so although I've currently settled on the former, note that this is subject to change. If I were exclusively assigning the stars to the main work in this group of writings, De Profundis, there would be no doubt in my mind about giving it the highest possible, despite knowledge of context displaying the blatantly obvious story of Wilde's lack of adherence to the principles and moral self-discovery detailed. It's both

Contains:- The Soul of Man under Socialism - The Decay of Lying- De Profundis- Poems