Essays & Lectures

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

De Profundis is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment. In the letter Wilde considers events leading to his conviction and discusses his spiritual development in prison and identification with Jesus Christ, whom he characterises as a romantic, individualist artist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781983535253
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	01/11/2018
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874

Table of Contents

Contents

The Rise of Historical Criticism

The English Renaissance of Art

House Decoration

Art and the Handicraftman

Lecture to Art Students

London Models

Poems in Prose