The suppressed portion of De Profundis by Oscar Wilde from the original manuscript, 19--?
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: 19--?
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 housed in manila paper folder; formerly inside a blue leatherette document binder. Typed in purple ink (perhaps as a carbon copy). The text is marked up in an unidentified hand and annotations include brackets around the suppressed portions of the text and pencil notes saying, "Not in Harris." There are also some annotations correcting errors in the typewritten text. Portions of the published text are often elided here, with the typed notes indicating "as in DE PROFUNDIS 1909," with page citations.
Purchased at Sotheby's sale of 13 December 1990 (lot 178) with a handwritten letter from Lord Alfred Douglas to Murrough O'Brien dated 13 October 1939. Letter is shelved as ms Wilde Box 86/Folder 9.
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository