Book Description

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde.The Ballad Of Reading Gaol - Ave Imperatrix - To My Wife - With A Copy Of My Poems - Magdalen Walks - Theocritus - A Villanelle - Greece - Portia - Fabien Dei Franchi - Phedre - Sonnet On Hearing The Dies Irae Sung In The Sistine Chapel - Ave Maria Gratia Plena - Libertatis Sacra Fames - Roses And Rue - From 'The Garden Of Eros' - The Harlot's House - From 'The Burden Of Itys' - Flower of love.Wilde, glamorous and notorious, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers of his verse to meet an unknown and intimate figure. The poetry of her formative years includes the haunting elegy for her young sister and the lyrical grief over the death of her father. Here the religious drama of his romance with Rome is captured, as well as his resolve in his renewed love for ancient Greece.Explore forbidden sexual desires, pay tribute to the great theater stars and poets of his time, observe urban landscapes with impressionistic intensity. His final masterpiece, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, tells the painful story of his own prison experience and calls for universal compassion. This edition of Wilde's verse presents the full range of his accomplishments as a poet.