Synopsis
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 his formative years includes the haunting elegy to his young sister and the grieving lyric at the death of his father. The religious drama of his romance with Rome is captured here, as well as its resolution in his renewed love of ancient Greece.
He explores forbidden sexual desires, pays homage to the great theatre stars and poets of his day, and observes cityscapes with impressionist intensity. His final masterpiece, "The Ballad of Reading Gail", tells the painful story of his own prison experience and calls for universal compassion.
He explores forbidden sexual desires, pays homage to the great theatre stars and poets of his day, and observes cityscapes with impressionist intensity. His final masterpiece, "The Ballad of Reading Gail", tells the painful story of his own prison experience and calls for universal compassion.
Titre original : The Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde (1994)
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1994 Editions Wordsworth (Poetry Library)
182 pages
ISBN : 9781853264535
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Ces poèmes n'atteignent pas l'intensité de la poignante "Ballade de la Geôle de Reading", mais témoignent de la vaste culture classique d'Oscar Wilde. Et c'est peut-être la grande érudition de ces poèmes qui m'a gardé à distance. D'ailleurs, c'est justement un poème plus intimiste et sensible qui m'a vraiment touchée: "Requiescat", écrit à la mémoire de sa sœur cadette disparue à l'âge de 10 ans.