Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde julkaisi heinäkuussa 1894 kuusi proosarunoa. Suomeksi ne ilmestyivät vasta hänen kuolemansa jälkeen. Wilde tunnetaan Suomessa proosastaan, näytelmistään ja esseistään, mutta hänen runotuotantonsa on jäänyt niiden varjoon. Proosarunoja tarjoaa alun perin lehdissä ilmestyneet Wilden runot tarkistettuina suomennoksina. Ne ovat innostaneet tiiviissä mutta pohdintaa herättävässä muodossaan myöhempiä kirjailijoita, esimerkiksi Paulo Coelhoa. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) on arvostettu klassikkokirjailija, joka herätti aikanaan ihastusta ja vihastusta niin teoksillaan kuin keikarimaisella esiintymisellään ja homoseksuaalisilla suhteillaan. Sisällys: - Matti Järvinen: Esipuhe - Taiteilija - Hyväntekijä - Oppilas - Mestari - Tuomion talo - Viisauden opettaja

V dannoj knige sobrany znamenitye skazki Oskara Uajlda: "Den rozhdenija Infanty", "Velikan-egoist", "Zamechatelnaja raketa" i drugie. Pronzitelnye, polnye ironii i simvolizma, oni ne ostavjat ravnodushnymi ni detej, ni vzroslykh. Tekst soprovozhdaetsja kommentarijami, uprazhnenijami i slovarem. Skazki adaptirovany dlja nachinajuschikh izuchenie anglijskogo jazyka (uroven A1).

Immerse yourself in a world where the wonderful Stephen Fry reads some of the more memorable Children�s short stories written by one of our most successful playwrights of all time. A brilliant combination of reader and writer come together in these seven short stories available on digital download only.

Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales by the celebrated playwright and poet include "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" and "A House of Pomegranates." Revised reissue.

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Wilde's poetry and prose short stories, plays, critical dialogues and his only novel - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Oscar Wilde's dramatic private life has sometimes threatened to overshadow his great literary achievements. His talent was prodigious: the author of brilliant social comedies, fairy stories, critical dialogues, poems, and a novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. In addition to Dorian Gray, this volume represents all these genres, including such works as Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest, 'The Happy Prince', 'The Critic as Artist', and 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Discover one of Ireland's most-loved poets and playwrights' charming tales in this beautifully illustrated story collection. From the happy prince who learns to help those in need, to the selfish giant who discovers the redemptive power of love, children will find their new favourite stories in Oscar Wilde's timeless classics. Titles included are:The Selfish GiantThe Nightingale and the RoseThe Devoted FriendThe Happy PrinceThe Remarkable RocketThe Young King

The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wildeâ??s works, and is available in both hardback and this paperback edition.

An exceptionally handsome, large-format gift edition of timeless fairy tales by Oscar Wilde. Spectacular full-color paintings illustrate six of Wilde's best-loved stories, including "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", and "The Selfish Giant". Full-color illustrations.

This volume of Poems and Poems in Prose inaugurates the Oxford English Texts Complete Works of Oscar Wilde , which will for the first time provide students of Wilde with scholarly and textually accurate texts of his complete oeuvre. In it, Bobby Fong and Karl Beckson provide reliable texts of all Wilde's poems and poems in prose, including 21 never published in his lifetime, together with information on the locations of extant manuscripts; bibliogaphical details of each poem's publishing history; commentaries that identify and clarify contexts and allusions to figures and events; and emendations and variant readings, in manuscripts and printed editions, which illuminate Wilde's craftsmanship in revising. The variety of poetic forms in Wilde's 199 poems–from his earliest known verse, written while a student at Oxford, to his final masterpiece, The Ballad of Reading Gaol–reveals a versatility and accomplishment that previously has often been overlooked. Many of the poems, most of which were written before Wilde achieved fame, express themes developed in his later work in prose and drama, pointing to a continuity now perceived by critics. This new edition includes an informative introduction by Ian Small, one of the general editors of the Complete Works, which provides the historical context for an understanding of Wilde's career, information about the conditions surrounding the publication of his poetry, and insight into the current resurgence of scholarly interest in the man and his writing. Publication of the Complete Works will confirm Wilde's centrality in the development of early Modernism towards the end of the nineteenth century.

Epigrams, aphorisms, and other bon mots gathered from the celebrated wit's plays, essays, and conversation offer an entertaining selection of observations both comic and profound. Organized by category, the nearly 400 quotes range in subject from human nature, morals, and society to art, politics, history, and more.

This Vintage edition of The Plays_of Oscar Wilde contains the plays that made Wilde one of the most important dramatists of his time, including The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the great works of modern literature. Oscar Wilde's plays demonstrate once again why their author must be seen as both an inaugurator and a master of modernism. In his best work, the subversive insights embedded in his wit continue to challenge our common assumptions. Wilde's ability to unsettle and startle us anew with his radical vision of the artifice inherent in the self's construction makes him our contemporary. This edition is introduced by John Lahr, author of Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton. The plays included are Lady Windermere's Fan, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest.

Oscar Wilde was the master of the studied insult. His jabs at hypocrisy, pretense and boring conventionality still have a penetrating power. His snubs and put-downs became the talk of his time, no less by his targets than by Wilde himself. This illustrated collection features over 750 of his biting comments.

Includes the following works: Novels—The Portrait of Dorian Gray; Plays—Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest; Writings—De Profundis, Critic as Artist, and Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Very Young; and selections from Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and A Woman of No Importance.

This striking hardback collection brings together over 45 classic short stories on love and romance, presented with silver cover accents and illustrated page edges. Romance is consistently one of the most popular genres of modern literature. From falling in love to the trials and tribulations of navigating a relationship, the stories collected here are a tribute to courtship and learning to follow one''s heart despite the obstacles. This collection features over forty-five of the best works of short fiction by the inventors of the modern romance genre. Stories include: • Souls Belated by Edith Wharton • Love in the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald • Mr and Mrs Dove by Katherine Mansfield • Araby by James Joyce • The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

Kauhuromaaneista kammottavin. ”Kankaalla olevat kasvot vanhenivat tunti tunnilta, viikko viikolta.” Jokainen Dorian Grayn tekemä synti tahraa taulun kauneutta, mutta hänen oma ulkomuotonsa säilyy muuttumattomana... Nuoren ja häikäisevän kauniin Dorian Grayn toive toteutuu: hänen muotokuvansa kantaa hänen tekojensa seuraukset, mutta oma ulkomuoto säilyy muuttumattomana. Lontoon seurapiirien loisteessa Dorian syöksyy yhä syvemmälle turmelukseen ja moraalittomuuteen, samalla kun ullakolle jätetty taulu kertoo totuuden, jota hän ei kykene kohtaamaan. Oscar Wilden ainoa romaani on yhtä aikaa viettelevä ja hyytävä kertomus kauneuden palvonnasta, sielun taakasta ja ihmisluonnon kaksijakoisuudesta. Terävä ja ajattoman provosoiva klassikko kysyy, kuinka pitkälle ihminen voi mennä peittääkseen sisäisen rappionsa. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) lumosi Lontoon seurapiirit hienona dandyna, säkenöivän älykkäänä keskustelijana ja seuramiehenä. Mutta salonkileijonan elämällä oli toinenkin puoli. Tämän pimeämmän puolen Oscar Wilde on ikuistanut kauhuromaaniinsa Dorian Grayn muotokuva.