Oscar Wilde Complete Poetry
“Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word," The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 1897
This collection of poetry by Oscar Wilde includes his most famous 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' a work written in France after his imprisonment. This particular poem about the execution of a fellow inmate stands apart from his other poetic works. Wilde's earlier works rejected the anti-famine, politicised poetry of his country of birth, Ireland, and produced more romantic poetry, influenced by the great English poets and French impressionist painters.
Paperback 2009
240 pages
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