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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 81619-81669

21. Add MS 81641

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Eccles Bequest. Vol. XXIII 'Hellenism'; [1877]. Autograph draft of essay with revisions and corrections. Written by Wilde while studying at Oxford, probably after a visit to Greece. Grey board cover. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Essay 'Hellenism' with revisions and correction...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1877]
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1 item

22. Add MS 81642

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Eccles Bequest. Vol. XXIV. 'More Radical Ideas upon Dress Reform'; [1884]. Autograph draft of essay, first published in the Pall Mall Gazette, 11 November 1884. Reprinted in Miscellanies (1908). Grey board cover. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, author: Article 'More Radical Ideas Upon D...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
[1884]
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1 item

23. Add MS 81643

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Oscar Wilde, 'A Note on Shakespeare', with printed copy of The Nineteenth Century (May 1885)
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Copyright: © Estate of Oscar Wilde. Eccles Bequest. Vol. XXV. Autograph draft titled 'A Note on Shakespeare', with corrections. The note, on two sides of a single folio, contains a draft of the first few paragraphs of Wilde's article titled, 'Shakespeare and Stage Costume' for The Nineteenth Cen...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1885]
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1 item

24. Add MS 81644

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Eccles Bequest. Vol. XXVI. 'The Function of Criticism: A Dialogue'; [1890]. Autograph draft of essay with extensive corrections and revisions. This is possibly the basis for an article published in The Nineteenth Century, July-September 1890, entitled 'The True Function and Value in Criticism w...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
[1890]
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1 item

25. Add MS 81645-81647

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Eccles Bequest. Vols. XXVII-XXIX. Papers relating to 'De Profundis'; 1895-1913, n.d. Fifty thousand word letter / essay written by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas from Reading Gaol. On release, Wilde gave the manuscript to Robert Baldwin Ross, who published a suppressed copy (about two thirds of the original) in 1905. This was expanded slightly for the Collected Works (1908). A limited edition was later published in New York that included certain portions of the suppressed sections. Ross ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1895-1913
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3 items

26. Add MS 81648

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Eccles Bequest. Vol. XXX. Miscellaneous notes for essays, articles and inscriptions; 1886-1948, n.d. Mostly autograph. 1. Review by Wilde of Harry Quilter, 'Sententia Artis', published in the Pall Mall Gazette; [circa 16 Nov. 1886]. Printed. With a letter from Wilde to the editor of the Pall Ma...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886-1948
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1 item

27. Add MS 81649-81669

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Literary papers and related material of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas. Arranged in the order: stage works; poems; autobiographical writings and material relating to Oscar Wilde; other writings. This section has been divided into bound and unbound material.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1892-1944]
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21 items