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Announcement from Taylor & Francis |
Oscar Wilde's Plagiarism: The Triumph of Art Over Ego by
'An immensely enjoyable
read which wears its learning lightly. It might help to curb the scholarly
paranoia about plagiarism and might be read well beyond the academy.' Professor Declan Kiberd, author of Irish
Classics 'This book addresses the
very controversial is Dr Jarlath Killeen, ' Regenia Gagnier, |
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The publication for 27th November of Oscar Wilde as a Character in Victorian
Fiction by
This book documents how
Oscar Wilde was appropriated as a fictional character by no less than
thirty-two of his contemporaries. Focusing on Wilde’s relationships with many
of these writers, |
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‘This book fills an
important gap in the field. -- Frederick
Roden, |
We greatly welcome the
publication of The Fairy Tales of
Oscar Wilde, by Jarlath Killeeen
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Sébastien Salbayre: ‘The language of decadent childhood in Oscar
Wilde's tales’ has been published (19th September 2007) in La Revue du GRAAT Volume 2, n° 36:
Histoires d'enfant, histoires d'enfance / Stories for children, histories of
childhood (actes du colloque, Université François-Rabelais, 18th-19th
November 2005, ed. Rosie Findlay
and Sébastien Salbayre.
Publisher : Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, Tours ISBN
978-2-86906-234-4. |
"Death is a great price to pay for a
red rose" Ästhetik, Ethik und Religion in den Märchen Oscar Wildes
by Alexander Schimming has been published by B.O.D. ISBN
978-3-8364-4426-2, 116 pages, Paperback, CHF 81,00
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A new edition of Teleny
appeared last year, published by the independent publishing house Mondial in We will return to this
edition in our Teleny special supplement, guest edited by Mondial also publish Recollections
of Oscar Wilde by André Gide, Ernest La Jeunesse, and Franz
Blei. ISBN:
9781595690814. 104pp. Paperback $13.85 Both these books can be
ordered directly from Mondial @ |
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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, Volume IV: Criticism:
Historical Criticism, Intentions, The Soul of Man, edited by Josephine M. Guy,
was published by Oxford University Press on
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz (
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
is also available as an audiobook read by Jonathan Davis with
Staci Snell (16 Hours; 13 CDs) 9780143142805
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Callum James
Books announce that they will be reprinting Vincent O’Sullivan’s Aspects of Wilde. We shall be reviewing this, and in future,
paying more attention to the Victorian and Edwardian reprints from this small,
independent publisher, which has also republished A.J.A. Symons’ Notes on Oscar Wilde. Orders can be
placed at @
Editions
Mengès announced the publication (27th November) of Oscar Wilde ou les cendres de la gloire by Frédéric Ferney. 220 pages,
200 illustrations ; soft cover 17.5 x 24.5 ISBN : 978-2-85620-479-5. 25 € |
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Frédéric
Ferney was born in 1951, and presents a books programme Le Bateau
Livre on the television channel |
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Coffee with Oscar
Wilde by Merlin Holland with a foreword by Simon Callow (144 pages) was
published by Duncan Baird in September.
The publisher’s description runs Oscar Wilde’s own grandson,
with the help of actor and author Simon Callow—who has performed Wilde’s work
on stage—capture the essence of this wittiest of all playwrights. Set in
Paris, where he fled after the scandalous trial that revealed his
homosexuality, Wilde chats about language, his mother (an esteemed Irish folklorist),
transforming his life into a work of art (“My great tragedy is that I put
my genius into my life—and only my talent into my work”), his time in
prison, his concept of morality, and why he thinks “in life, style, not
sincerity, is essential.” This is reviewed in ‘The Critic as Critic’
by Dr Marie-Luise Kohlke, |
The publishing house
Txalaparta recently published De Profundis, translated into Basque by Aitor
Arana. |
Photo: ©txalaparta.com |
A
new German edition of The Canterville
Ghost has been published (as ‘Das Gespenst von Canterville’). The translation is by Ernst Sander, and it
is illustrated by Inge Brüx with an Afterword by Hans-Christian Oeser. |
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‘Wilde's Renaissance: Poison,
Passion, and Personality’ by Yvonne
Ivory has been published in Victorian
Literature and Culture, Volume 35, Is
Published online by Cambridge University Press
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Andrew Elfenbein is the editor of a new edition of The
Picture of Dorian Gray. Longman
Cultural Editions. |
Of all
eras of This will
be reviewed for THE OSCHOLARS by Professor John Batchelor, |
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Contents
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2. L.J. Nicoletti: Morbid Topographies: Placing
Suicide in Victorian |
3. Efraim Sicher: The ‘Attraction of Repulsion’:
Dickens, Modernity, and Representation |
4. Adam Hansen: Exhibiting Vagrancy, 1851: Victorian
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5. David Skilton: ‘When Dreams are Coming’:
Wordsworth, Jefferies and Visions of the London Crowd |
6. Philip Tew: James Thomson’s |
7. Keith
Wilson: Surveying Victorian and Edwardian Londoners: George R. Sims’ Living
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8. Dehn Gilmore: Rehearsals, Refutations,
Representation: Gissing’s New Grub Street and the Problem of an Urban
Realism |
9. Julian
Wolfreys: The Hieroglyphic Other: The Beetle, |
10 Alan Robinson: Socio-Spatial Relations in Henry
James’ The Wings of the Dove |
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12. Anne Witchard: Thomas Burke: Son of |
13. Samantha Matthews: The |
Notes on Contributors – Index |
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Conceiving
the City: |
This will be
reviewed for THE
OSCHOLARS by Professor John
Batchelor,
Pierre Michel (Société Octave Mirbeau) writes
Chers collègues,
J'ai le plaisir de vous informer de la parution, à l'occasion du très
riche et passionnant colloque Octave Mirbeau de Strasbourg, d'un joli petit volume illustré intitulé Un aller
simple pour l'Octavie. Il s'agit d'un ensemble de textes recueillis par Kinda Mubaideen, de l'université de
Strasbourg, et inspirés par La 628-E8 d'Octave Mirbeau. Ils sont
rédigés par des participants, de toutes nationalités, aux ateliers d'écriture
animés par Kinda Mubaideen, à Strasbourg et à Sarajevo (où ont collaboré
amicalement des Bosniaques, des Serbes et des Croates). L'artiste strasbourgeois
Lolo Wagner en a assuré les
nombreuses illustrations (36 en tout).
En même temps qu'un hommage à Mirbeau et à sa 628-E8, il s'agit
d'un travail qui contribue à rapprocher les peuples et les cultures,
conformémant au voeu le plus cher de l'imprécateur au coeur fidèle. Et quel bel
hommage, aussi, à la langue et à la littérature françaises de la part
d'étudiants et traducteurs étrangers !
Ce beau petit volume illustré, édité
par la Société Octave Mirbeau, peut être commandé à la Société Mirbeau, 10 bis rue André Gautier, 49000 -
ANGERS.
Son prix est de 10 euros franco.
James
D Jenkins and Valancourt Books announce their latest publications of new
scholarly editions of Victorian-era texts.
Round the Red Lamp and Other
Medical Writings by Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Robert Darby. Includes
the 1894 short story collection Round the Red Lamp, plus three previously
uncollected stories and a generous selection of Dr. Doyle's nonfiction medical
writings.
The Rose and the Key (1871) by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, edited by Frances
Chiu. Features a groundbreaking new introduction, arguing for
reconsideration of Le Fanu's politics and a reading of the novel as a
commentary on Anglo-Irish tensions; this edition is the first to reprint the
original serialized text of the novel.
Mystery of the Sea (1902) by Bram Stoker, edited by Carol A. Senf.
The Garden God (1905) by Forrest Reid, edited by Michael Matthew Kaylor. A
meticulous scholarly edition of Reid's controversial novel of love between two
schoolboys. Dedicated to Henry James, Reid's idol, the book was condemned
by James, who never spoke to Reid again.
The King's Assegai, The Weird of Deadly Hollow, and Renshaw Fanning's Quest by Bertram Mitford, edited by Gerald
Monsman. Three 1890s adventure novels dealing with life in South Africa
before and after British colonization.
Nada the Lily (1892) by H. Rider Haggard, edited by Gerald Monsman.
Haggard's adventure/romance/fantasy set among the Zulus, before British
colonization.
More information on these and
other titles can be found on the website at http://www.valancourtbooks.com,
along with information for those interested in contributing an introduction for
a future edition.
The Arts & Humanities
Collection features online content published by Routledge between 1997 and the
present day. 93 journal titles are available to explore online via the easily
searchable informaworldT platform. 28 journals are listed in Thomson
Scientific's Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation
Index. The Arts & Humanities
Collection covers History, Literature, Language & Linguistics, Music,
Philosophy, Religion, Theatre & Performance and Visual Arts.
The Arts & Humanities Collection includes:
Contemporary British History
- an iFirst title giving immediate access to the latest key research articles
Prestigious titles such as
Slavery & Abolition, Atlantic Studies and Social History
Heritage titles such as
Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History - now in its 34th year of
publication
Journals published in
association with prominent societies such as Intellectual History Review - the
official journal of the
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