The Sphinx, 1894
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: 1894
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
Existence and Location of Copies note
Also available on microfilm: Wilde 22-19
General Physical Description note
MS. 24 leaves. Bound in full olive levant morocco, gilt edges. By Wood. Original manuscript of ninety stanzas of "The Sphinx", written on 25 sheets and mounted on guards, or loosely laid in.
Purchase, Rosenbach Company, 1923 (accession MS.1923.004).
General note
References: Finzi 2483
Clark shelfmark W6721M1 S753 [1894]a Bound
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository