Oscar Wilde and his literary circle, ca. 1854-1944.

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Oscar Wilde and his literary circle, ca. 1854-1944.

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Collection consists of roughly 3,000 items, of which approximately 400 are by Oscar Wilde. Other correspondents and authors include Lord Alfred Douglas, Adela Schuster, Constance Wilde, Robert Ross, and More Adey. Additional materials in the collection are letters by Wilde's family, literary friends, and others from Wilde's circle. Of special interest are the letters which Wilde wrote to friends Robert Ross and More Adey while at Reading Gaol. One of these letters is the cover letter for Wilde's De profundis. Also included is a large collection of ephemeral materials related to Wilde such as cartoons, programs of plays, clippings, posters, and a large selection of photographs and portraits.

3000 items.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7415547

University of California, Los Angeles

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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00005f Irish writer, poet, and playwright. From the description of Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625016 Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Wilde, Constance, 1858-1898

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Schuster, Adela,

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Adey, More, d. 1932.

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Ross, Robert Baldwin, 1869-1918

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Literary executor of Oscar Wilde. From the description of Typewritten letter signed with initials : London, to Christopher Millard, 1907 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657709 From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3) : London, to Charles Glidden Osborne, 1906 Sept. 26-1907 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657713 Robert Baldwin Ross was a British author. From the description of Letters to Norman, and to C. French, 1910-1...

Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945

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Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas was an English writer, best known for his controversial personality and scandalous relationship with Oscar Wilde. Born into an aristocratic family, Douglas attended Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he wrote and participated in sports, but didn't take a degree. His well-chronicled relationship with Oscar Wilde provoked Douglas' father to insult Wilde, prompting a disastrous lawsuit that ended with Wilde imprisoned for two years. Douglas had a strong...