The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray: A Reader's Edition by Oscar Wilde (Englis

Description: The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novels first editor, who feared it would be "offensive" to Victorians. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description More than 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication in Lippincotts Monthly Magazine, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores all of the material removed by the novels first editor.Upon receipt of the typescript, Wildes editor panicked at what he saw. Contained within its pages was material he feared readers would find "offensive"-especially instances of graphic homosexual content. He proceeded to go through the typescript with his pencil, cleaning it up until he made it "acceptable to the most fastidious taste." Wilde did not see these changes until his novel appeared in print. Wildes editors concern was well placed. Even in its redacted form, the novel caused public outcry. The British press condemned it as "vulgar," "unclean," "poisonous," "discreditable," and "a sham." When Wilde later enlarged the novel for publication in book form, he responded to his critics by further toning down its "immoral" elements.Wilde famously said that The Picture of Dorian Gray "contains much of me": Basil Hallward is "what I think I am," Lord Henry "what the world thinks me," and "Dorian what I would like to be-in other ages, perhaps." Wildes comment suggests a backward glance to a Greek or Dorian Age, but also a forward-looking view to a more permissive time than his own repressive Victorian era. By implication, Wilde would have preferred we read today the uncensored version of his novel. Author Biography 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. Review Oscar Wilde just got a little wilder. -- Marcia Kaye * Toronto Star *The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray is the latest edition of Wildes only novel, but it is also the first. Editor Nicholas Frankel has followed the manuscript Wilde submitted to Lippincotts magazine in early 1890. Frankel poured over the original typescript and about 3,000 handwritten words Wilde added to it, restoring subtle but important romance between the three lead characters…The effect is not radical…but it is noticeable, and the book is more satisfying for his efforts…Frankels uncensored version is closest to what Wilde intended before editors and hostile critics intervened, and it is also the most pleasurable to read…The Picture of Dorian Gray is a haunting, beautiful and important novel. -- Michael Ruffles * Bangkok Post *Now, for the first time, we can read the version that Wilde intended...Both the text and Nicholas Frankels introduction make for fascinating reading. -- Sadie Stein * Paris Review *The Picture of Dorian Gray is just as spine tingling, relevant, and original now as it was in 1891. From the compelling story to the musicality of the prose to the symbolism, The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray is a great read. -- Catherine Ramsdell * PopMatters * Review Quote The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray is the latest edition of Wildes only novel, but it is also the first. Editor Nicholas Frankel has followed the manuscript Wilde submitted to Lippincotts magazine in early 1890. Frankel poured over the original typescript and about 3,000 handwritten words Wilde added to it, restoring subtle but important romance between the three lead characters… The effect is not radical…but it is noticeable, and the book is more satisfying for his efforts… Frankels uncensored version is closest to what Wilde intended before editors and hostile critics intervened, and it is also the most pleasurable to read… The Picture of Dorian Gray is a haunting, beautiful and important novel. Details ISBN0674066316 Author Nicholas Frankel Short Title UNCENSORED PICT OF DORIAN GRAY Language English ISBN-10 0674066316 ISBN-13 9780674066311 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Imprint The Belknap Press Subtitle A Readers Edition Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Country of Publication United States Edited by Nicholas Frankel Birth 1854 Death 1900 Residence Dublin, IE Series The Belknap Press UK Release Date 2012-08-13 Illustrations 3 photos, 18 illus NZ Release Date 2012-08-13 US Release Date 2012-08-13 Pages 272 Publisher Harvard University Press Publication Date 2012-08-13 DEWEY 823.8 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2012-08-12 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:44645747;

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