Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Dates
- Existence: 1854-10-16 - 1900-11-30
Biography
Irish poet and playwright.
Found in 475 Collections and/or Records:
Version 17.1-7
Photocopied typescript, pages 1-793, with pencilled checkmarks throughout. Includes photocopies of Ellmann's cover letters to "Lee Ann" regarding the manuscript segments and information exchanged between them.
Version 17.1-9
Draft includes title page and Table of Contents. Text begins: "Chapter 1: Introduction...Oscar Wilde--we have only to hear the name to anticipate that what will be quoted as his will turn protentous conventionalities...."
Version 18.1-6
Partial draft begins with Wilde's itinerary for his American tour.
Version 18.1-7
Photocopied typescript, pages 1a-803, marked as Ellmann's working copy; with handwritten revisions and notes in various hands and colors of ink.
Version 19.1-9
Photocopied typescript with preliminary pages, introduction, pages 1-857, multiple versions of end notes; marked as Ellmann's final corrected copy to Hamish Hamilton and Knopf, 3 Dec 1987.
Vickers, Brian, 1974
Exchange regarding Liszt and his Faust Symphony.
Warner, Francis, 1986
Brief friendly notes from Warner to Ellmann.
"Where's the Cat?"
Photocopy of Wilde's original handwritten manuscript.
Wilde family genealogy
Photostat copied document; photocopies from published sources; academic publications.
Wilde, Oscar
Contents generally include: biographical information and drafts (often in multiple versions) of Ellmann's bio-commentary on each poet; selected poems by each author, photocopied from published sources; press cuttings of articles; rights and permissions to reprint poems; lists of corrections; and fragments of page proofs.