The Picture of Dorian Gray Critical Edition: Original Unexpurgated 1890, 13-Chapter Version

by Oscar Wilde, Stuart Mason (Compiler), John Cowper Powys (Introduction)

Overview

This volume contains the original, overtly homoerotic version of the book that first appeared in 1890. Following the novel is a series of critical reviews of the book along with letters defending his work, which Wilde wrote to the various publication editors. There is also a detailed list of the passages expurgated from this first edition along with an account of Wilde's trial in which the prosecutor constantly refers, quite naturally, to the original edition in trying to portray Wilde as homosexual. Other material regarding the novel is presented, as well. The foreword by John Cowper Powys is an inspired defense of Wilde himself and the genius of his personality.
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765510032
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	01/03/2022
Edition description:	Critical ed.
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	364,861
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Oscar Wilde, who for better or worse is often seen as the face of homosexuality, was married and had two sons. Once his friend Robbie Ross opened Wilde’s eyes to his homosexuality, however, there was no going back to conventional sexual mores for Wilde. He became obsessed with the handsome and arrogant Alfred Lord Douglas, whom he called “Bosie,” and this affair with a selfish, privileged brat proved, along with Wilde’s own hubris, to be his undoing. Of particular interest to gay studies are his plays Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (the original 1890 version is shorter but has far more of interest to gay readers), and the letter he wrote to Bosie from his prison cell, De Profundis.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874