Oscar Wilde and Myself

Author: Lord Alfred DOUGLAS

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The first memoir by the poet Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas was written 14 years after the death of Oscar Wilde and in the aftermath of Douglas's failed prosecution of Arthur Ransome for libel. Ransome, in his "Oscar Wilde, a Critical Study," had quoted from the expurgated portions of Wilde's prison letter to Douglas, "De Profundis", which was highly critical of his former friend and lover. Having failed to convince a jury that he had been libelled, Douglas appealed instead to posterity by writing his memoir. In "Oscar Wilde and Myself" Douglas refutes Wilde's version of the events that led to his (Wilde's) imprisonment and takes swipes at Ransome, Wilde's friend Robert Ross, other biographers of Wilde, and Wilde's overzealous imitators. He also critiques Wilde's writing and character and concludes that the Irish playwright will soon be forgotten. (Rob Marland)

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Preface and IntroductoryOxfordLost IllusionsWilde in SocietyThe Lord of LanguageOur Mutual FriendsLord Queensberry IntervenesThe Wilde TrialsHard Labour and AfterNaples and ParisThe ''Ballad of Reading Gaol''The Truth about ''De Profundis''My Letters to WildeMy Letters to LabouchereThe Article in the ''Revue Blanche''Fifteen Years of PersecutionWilde’s PoetryThe Plays and Prose WorksFor PosterityThe British Museum and ''De Profundis''Ransome’s ''Critical Study''My Actions for Libel''The Picture of Dorian Gray''Literature and ViceCrosland and ''The First Stone''A Challenge to Mr. RossWilde in Russia, France and GermanyThe Smaller FryTo Be Done with It All

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