"Wilde's Prison Life at Reading Gaol", about 1905?
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes manuscripts of speeches, plays, poems, and other literary works created by Oscar Wilde and his coterie. Many are in the author's hand. Virtually all of the titles given to the works have been supplied by later catalogers and scholars. They are arranged alphabetically by author or originator, and then by title. Further arrangement is by date.
Dates
- Creation: about 1905?
Creator
- From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 38.36 Linear Feet (90 boxes plus bound volumes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
15 page manuscript in ink on lined paper. Credited on the final page (in pencil) to "a prison warder." Clark Library purchase, 1976 (accession MS.1976.040).
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository