With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.
De Profundis is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He contrasts his behaviour with that of his close friend Robert Ross who became Wilde's literary executor.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the horrors of prison life, which was published anonymously in 1898.
This collection also includes the essay The Soul of Man under Socialism and two of his Platonic dialogues, The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist.
- ISBN10 1840224010
- ISBN13 9781840224016
- Publish Date 5 July 1999
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English