Oscar Wilde: A Biography

by André Gide, Franz Blei, Ernest La Jeunesse

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Personal recollections from André Gide on a man who profoundly influenced his work--Oscar Wilde André Gide, a towering figure in French letters, draws upon his friendship with Oscar Wilde to sketch a compelling portrait of the tragic, doomed author, both celebrated and shunned in his time. Rather than compile a complete biography, Gide invites us to discover Wilde as he did--from their first meeting in 1891 to their final parting just two years before Wilde's death--all told through Gide's sensitive, incomparable prose. Using his notes, recollections, and conversations, Gide illuminates Wilde as a man whose true art was not writing, but living. This ebook features a new introduction by Jeanine Parisier Plottel, selected quotes, and an image gallery.… (more)

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A brief but interesting book of three mens' recollections of Oscar Wilde, primarily contrasting him during the height of his fame and then after he was released from prison. Not much depth in any account save Gide's. However, it was interesting to read the general negative tone towards Wilde. They were all respectful of his oral storytelling and speech, but none seemed to think too highly of his plays and other works as a whole. There could be many reasons for this that have nothing at all to do with Wilde's writing - printed in 1906, perhaps being too encouraging of Wilde would be frowned upon by society. Or perhaps not, but I think Wilde's writing is much finer than they give it credit for. (

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ironicqueery | Nov 9, 2007 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Gide, André	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Blei, Franz	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Jeunesse, Ernest La	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Wilde, Oscar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Frechtman, Bernard	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Mason, Stuart	—	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Pollard, Percival	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Oscar Wilde

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1902-1905 (1e édition originale partielle française des deux textes 'Hommage' ou 'In memoriam' et 'De Profundis' ∙ Revue L’Ermitage)

1910 (1e édition révisée, complété et augmentée sous le titre 'Oscar Wilde', Mercure de France)

1933 (Réédition française révisée d' 'Oscar Wilde', Mercure de France)

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LES EDITIONS INDIVIDUELLES ET SUCCESSIVES DES TEXTES ET TRADUCTIONS SONT ICI REGROUPEES sous le Titre français 'OSCAR WILDE' (In Memoriam / De Profondis en anglais, ....)

NB : Pour mettre de l'ordre (et associer) dans cette oeuvre, il est nécessaire de dissocier sur LBTh chaque entrée, une par une.
Ici lien pour compréhension (Reid Victoria, « L'hommage d'André Gide à Oscar Wilde ou le Conte sur Judas. », Bulletin des Amis d'André Gide, n° 172, octobre 2011, p. 433-444.)
https://www.andre-gide.fr/index.php/li...

Sous le titre générique original 'Oscar Wilde' publié en 1910 et révisé pour l'édition de 1933, se cachent 2 textes aux origines antérieures (qui ont été traduits et publiés individuellement en suivant parfois les révisions) :

1) L’Hommage (à Oscar Wilde) de Gide est édité pour la première fois dans L’Ermitage en juin 1902

Il est révisé et republié en 1903, 1910, 1921 et 1933, parfois sous le nom d’« In memoriam » : Gide, « Hommage à Oscar Wilde », L’Ermitage, juin 1902, pp. 401-29 ; Gide, « In memoriam », in Prétextes, Paris : Mercure de France, 1903, pp. 265-305 ; Gide, Oscar Wilde, Paris : Mercure de France, 1910 ; Gide, Morceaux choisis, Paris : Nouvelle Revue française, 1921, pp. 405-19 ; Gide, « Oscar Wilde », in Œuvres complètes, sous la direction de Louis Martin-Chauffier, 15 tomes, Paris : Gallimard, 1932–39, tome III, 1933, pp. 471-504

2) Le "De Profundis" (Pour Oscar Wilded) de Gide est édité pour la première fois dans L’Ermitage, en août 1905.
Gide remaniera le texte pour les publications en 1910 et 1933 du titre 'Oscar Wilde

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A NOTER que des traductions seront traduites et publiées avant l'édition de 1910 pour chacun des textes en allemand,
anglais et tchèque

- Gide, « Oskar [sic] Wilde », trad. en allemand par Berta Franz, Rheinisch Westfälische Zeitung (Essen), le 8, 12 et 15 juillet 1903.
- Gide, In memoriam Oscar Wilde, éd. et trad. en allemand par Franz Blei, Leipzig : Insel-verlag, 1904.
- Gide, Oscar Wilde: A Study, éd. et trad. en anglais par Stuart Mason, Oxford : Holywell Press, 1905.
- Gide, Oscar Wilde : In memoriam, trad. en tchèque par Otokar Lev_, Prague : Alois Srdce, 1918

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Personal recollections from André Gide on a man who profoundly influenced his work--Oscar Wilde André Gide, a towering figure in French letters, draws upon his friendship with Oscar Wilde to sketch a compelling portrait of the tragic, doomed author, both celebrated and shunned in his time. Rather than compile a complete biography, Gide invites us to discover Wilde as he did--from their first meeting in 1891 to their final parting just two years before Wilde's death--all told through Gide's sensitive, incomparable prose. Using his notes, recollections, and conversations, Gide illuminates Wilde as a man whose true art was not writing, but living. This ebook features a new introduction by Jeanine Parisier Plottel, selected quotes, and an image gallery.

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