The Poetry of Wilde (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- First Published: 1881
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Literature, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Ireland or Irish people
Critical Evaluation:
Oscar Wilde’s first literary reputation was made by his poems; the later success of his lectures, essays, stories, and plays obscured his reputation as a poet until the notoriety surrounding his last poem and last piece of writing, THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL. The most important volume is his POEMS of 1881, the others being the Newdigate Prize poem, “Ravenna”; THE SPHINX, published in 1894, and THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL, which appeared in 1898. The poems collected from periodicals by Robert Ross were added to the...
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