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Title |
Ballad of Reading Gaol |
Author |
Wilde, Oscar |
Object Name |
Book |
Catalog Number |
HS2000.014 |
Summary |
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile either in Berneval-le-Grand or in Dieppe, France, after his release from Reading Gaol on 19 May 1897. Wilde had endured his notorious trial for indecency, imprisoned for ``homosexual offenses,'' and spent two years in solitary confinement. As he later told Andre Gide, Reading Gaol ``was not fit for dogs. I thought I would go mad.'' The Ballad was Wilde's final work. As Wilde observed: "Something is killed in me.'' Bankrupt, disgraced, and in exile, Wilde died not long after his release at the age of 46. little book with a leather light brown cover that is decorated By: Oscar Wilde on the back it states: "Little Leather Library" object # revised-7/10/00 |
Subjects |
Imprisonment--Poetry. English poetry /19th century. Capital punishment /Poetry. Prisons /Poetry. Prisoners /Poetry. |
Published Date |
c. 1916 |
Physical Description |
tan leather cover, binding not intact 4 x 3 |
Call# |
Archival Book |