A Second Preface to "The Life and Confessions of Oscar Wilde", 1925
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: 1925
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 Physical Description note
Typescript. 37 leaves. 27 cm. Typescript of the book printed in 1925. Clark Library copy in blue cloth case; title in gold leaf: "Frank Harris and Lord Alfred Douglas, New Preface to the Life of O. Wilde, Corrected Typescript." About half the work is a lengthy letter fromLord Alfred Bruce Douglas, 1870-1945 to Frank Harris, dated 30 Apr. 1925, giving in detail the latter's financial and personal relations withOscar Wilde, . Holograph corrections of the entire typescript by Douglas.
General note
Clark shelfmark H314M3 S4455 [1925] Cased
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository