Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Der gl ckliche Prinz und andere M rchen Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Erstdruck 1888. Hier in der bersetzung von Wilhelm Cremer, Berlin, Neufeld und Henius, 1922. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Der gl ckliche Prinz und andere M rchen. Der gl ckliche Prinz. Die Nachtigall und die Rose. Der selbsts chtige Riese. Der ergebene Freund. Die vornehme Rakete. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Charles Robinson, Originalillustration aus The Happy Prince and Other Tales.. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)

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"Man stelle sich einen wortgewaltigen Gro schriftsteller vor, dem es eines Tages einf llt, eine M rchensammlung zusammen zu stellen. W re das nicht wunderbar? Oscar Wilde, der vielleicht scharfzüngigste Chronist seiner Zeit, tat genau das. Wenn es gemeinsame Metathemen dieser unterhaltsamen und geistreichen Geschichten gibt, dann sind das Leiden, Mitgefühl und die Niederungen der Selbstsucht." Redaktion Gr ls-Verlag (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)

"Es ist wohl eines der bekanntesten und pr gendsten Werke der Weltliteratur. Das Bildnis der Dorian Gray ist bis heute Pflichtlektüre für Schüler rund um den Erdball, unz hlige Male Stoff für Film- und Theateradaptionen gewesen und im brigen eine gern zitierte Metapher: Der junge und u erst gutaussehende Dorian, der inwendig mehr und mehr verrottet und degeneriert. Sein zunehmend ungeliebter Reflexionspunkt ist ein Gem lde, das an seiner statt altert, als Dorian einen Pakt mit dem B sen eingeht, um sich ewige Jugend zu bewahren." Redaktion Gr ls-Verlag (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)

"Oscar Wildes berühmter offener Brief an Lord Alfred Bruce, seinen früheren Freund und Geliebten, w hrend dessen Inhaftierung mit Zwangsarbeit in den Strafanstalten Pentonville, Wandsworth und Reading zwischen 1895 und 1897. Dem Familienvater war seine "Unzucht" mit m nnlichen Prostituierten zum Verh ngnis geworden - Homosexualit t und Ehebruch standen im Vereinigten K nigreich seiner Zeit unter Strafe." Redaktion Gr ls-Verlag (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1890 (Lippincott’s Magazine) version and the 1891 (book) version of the novel. Under the editorial guidance of Wilde scholar Michael Patrick Gillespie, students have the opportunity to comparatively read and analyse both texts of this controversial novel. Editorial matter by Michael Patrick Gillespie.“Backgrounds” and “Reviews and Reactions” sections that allow readers to gauge The Picture of Dorian Gray’s sensational reception and to consider the heated public debate over art and morality that followed—including Oscar Wilde’s vehement replies to individual critics. Seven critical essays—six of them new to the Third Edition—that address the novel’s major themes: aestheticism, decadence and vice. Contributors include Joseph Carroll, Nils Clausson, Emily Eells, Michael Patrick Gillespie, Richard Haslam, Donald L. Lawler and Ellen Scheible. A chronology and a selected bibliography.

In The Critic as Artist, arguably the most complete exploration of his aesthetic thinking, and certainly the most entertaining, Oscar Wilde harnesses his famous wit to demolish the supposed boundary between art and criticism. Subtitled Upon the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything, the essay takes the form of a leisurely dialogue between two characters: Ernest, who insists upon Wilde’s own belief in art’s freedom from societal mandates and values, and a quizzical Gilbert. With his playwright’s ear for dialogue, Wilde champions idleness and contemplation as prerequisites to artistic cultivation. Beyond the well-known dictum of art for art’s sake, Wilde’s originality lays argument for the equality of criticism and art. For him, criticism is not subject to the work of art, but can in fact precede it: the artist cannot create without engaging his or her critical faculties first. And, as Wilde writes, “To the critic the work of art is simply a suggestion for a new work of his own.” The field of art and criticism should be open to the free play of the mind, but Wilde plays seriously, even prophetically. Writing in 1891, he foresaw that criticism would have an increasingly important role as the need to make sense of what we see increases with the complexities of modern life. It is only the fine perception and explication of beauty, Wilde suggests, that will allow us to create meaning, joy, empathy, and peace out of the chaos of facts and reality.

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING

Between 1892 and 1895, Oscar Wilde’s drawing-room comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest made his name as a playwright who fearlessly mocked the hypocrisy and snobbery of Victorian society and took gleeful delight in appearing to trivialize its most sacred institutions. With its premiere on Valentine’s Day 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest – a hilarious comedy of mistaken identities and coruscating language – was a phenomenal success, but its run was cut short prematurely by Wilde’s court case and subsequent incarceration, and the play was not published until 1899, after Wilde had been released from prison. Also including the powerful Salome, originally written in French and banned by the British censor, this collection displays Wilde at his provocative and witty best, and demonstrates why he was a playwright who delighted audiences and infuriated critics in equal measure.

The collected BBC radio productions of the major works of Oscar Wilde, plus bonus play by Neil BartlettLoved for his flamboyant personality, sparkling wit and brilliant epigrams, Oscar Wilde was a comic genius and a literary icon. This collection reflects the many facets of his dazzling talent. Here are dramatisations of his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Gothic tale of a gilded aristocrat who makes a dangerous pact, as well as four scintillating social comedies – Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband. Among the distinguished casts are Ian MacDiarmid, Joely Richardson, Edward Fox, Diana Rigg, Martin Clunes, Michael Hordern and Judi Dench. Moving examples of his correspondence are revealed in The Letters of Oscar Wilde and De Profundis, read by Simon Callow and Simon Russell Beale respectively, and his most famous poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, is performed live by stars including Ian McKellen, Neil Tennant and Stephen Fry. In addition, a bonus drama, In Extremis by Neil Bartlett, starring Corin Redgrave and Sheila Hancock, reimagines Oscar Wilde's hastily arranged sitting with a society palm reader, a week before the trial that would cost him so dearly.

Oscar Wilde: Das Gespenst von Canterville Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken The Canterville Ghost. Erstdruck in The Court and Society Review, London, 1887. Hier in der deutschen bersetzung von Franz Blei, Insel-Verlag, Leipzig, 1926. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Frederick Henry Townsend, Das Gespenst von Canterville, 1887. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)

Oscar Wilde: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Originaltitel: The Picture of Dorian Gray. Erstdruck in: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Juli 1890. Erste Buchausgabe (mit 6 neuen Kapiteln und vielen nderungen): London, New York, Melbourne (Ward Lock and Co.) 1891. Hier in der bers. v. Hedwig Lachmann und Gustav Landauer. . Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Wilde, Oscar: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray. bers. v. Hedwig Lachmann und Gustav Landauer, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1972. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Giovanni Boldini, Selbstportrait, 1865. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)

Oscar Wilde: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Originaltitel: The Picture of Dorian Gray. Erstdruck in: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Juli 1890. Erste Buchausgabe (mit 6 neuen Kapiteln und vielen nderungen): London, New York, Melbourne (Ward Lock and Co.) 1891. Hier in der bers. v. Hedwig Lachmann und Gustav Landauer. . Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Wilde, Oscar: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray. bers. v. Hedwig Lachmann und Gustav Landauer, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1972. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Giovanni Boldini, Selbstportrait, 1865. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)