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Oscar Wilde's Historical Criticism Notebook
Philip E. . Ed(S): Smith
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Description for Oscar Wilde's Historical Criticism Notebook
hardcover. This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text of Historical Criticism (1879). The notebook illuminates Wilde's practices of research and composition, contains the unused materials Wilde studied, and shows his wit and imagination at work. Editor(s): Smith, Philip E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text for the composition of Wilde's first post-graduate essay, Historical Criticism, written in 1879 as an entry for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize at Oxford. Attempting to win a fellowship at Oxford as a serious scholar, Wilde used the notebook to record his research into modern and classical historians and to formulate language that appears, often in revised form, in the essay. The notebook shows us his practices of research and composition: he often worked on particular historians or ... Read more
This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text for the composition of Wilde's first post-graduate essay, Historical Criticism, written in 1879 as an entry for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize at Oxford. Attempting to win a fellowship at Oxford as a serious scholar, Wilde used the notebook to record his research into modern and classical historians and to formulate language that appears, often in revised form, in the essay. The notebook shows us his practices of research and composition: he often worked on particular historians or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199688012
SKU
V9780199688012
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About Philip E. . Ed(S): Smith
Philip E. Smith is Associate Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught from 1970-2014. He chaired the department from 1987 to 1995 and won the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching and Chancellor's Distinguished Service Awards. He received the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Francis Andrew March Award in 1999. With Michael S. Helfand, he co-authored and ... Read more
Reviews for Oscar Wilde's Historical Criticism Notebook
Such an outstanding example of editing and transcription practice and principles deserves study by any scholar intent on undertaking such a bibliographical and interpretive enterprise. It is to be highly commended for its exemplary attention to detail, its dedicated detective work, its depth of knowledge, and its clear love of the material.
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