The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition
Wilde, Oscar
ISBN 10: 0674057929 ISBN 13: 9780674057920
Published by Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2011
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The Picture of Dorian Gray altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited. It heralded the end of a repressive Victorianism, and after its publication, literature had—in the words of biographer Richard Ellmann—";a different look."; Yet the Dorian Gray that Victorians never knew was even more daring than the novel the British press condemned as ";vulgar,"; ";unclean,"; ";poisonous,"; ";discreditable,"; and ";a sham."; Now, more than 120 years after Wilde handed it over to his publisher, J. B. Lippincott & Company, Wilde’s uncensored typescript is published for the first time, in an annotated, extensively illustrated edition.The novel’s first editor, J. M. Stoddart, excised material—especially homosexual content—he thought would offend his readers’ sensibilities. When Wilde enlarged the novel for the 1891 edition, he responded to his critics by fur
About the Author: Nicholas Frankel has published many books about Oscar Wilde, including Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years, The Short Stories of Oscar Wilde, The Annotated Prison Writings of Oscar Wilde, The Invention of Oscar Wilde, and The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition. He is Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, ...
Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition
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The Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2011
ISBN 10: 0674057929
ISBN 13: 9780674057920
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Hard Cover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. No Additional Printings Noted. Smaller quarto. Light blue cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has a very slight bumping at the tail of the spine. Peach colored endpapers. Binding is straight adn tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 293 pages. Illustrated with artwork, photographs, illustrations, etc. throughout. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of the two front outside corners - jacket otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. Large, heavy book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. A gorgeous book! Seller Inventory # 012992
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