This is the first complete annotated edition of Oscar Wilde’s poetry, using the best available text. It follows as closely as possible the chronological order of composition, highlighting autobiographical elements including the young Wilde’s conflicting attitudes to Greece and Rome, pagan and Christian, and his fluctuating attraction to Roman Catholicism. The Appendix shows Wilde’s original ordering, constructed with great care around a `musical’ arrangement ofthemes. The poems reveal unexpected aspects of a literary chameleon usually identified with sparkling wit and social comedy.

Author Oscar Wilde Published by Oxford University Press ISBN 9780199554706 EAN 9780199554706 Bic Code Cover Paperback