He is being found guilty of gross indecency and sentenced. Lyn Gallacher starts today’s Creative Instinct with Oscar Wilde’s shame. This, after all, is what an artist must do. De Profundis is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to 'Bosie' (Lord Alfred Douglas). Oscar is trying to find a future for himself and is refusing to be ground down. Now, Oscar Wilde goes into a new phase and the writing is optimistic. The second part is a meditation on the notion of punishment, retribution and restitution. Wilde recounts their previous extravagances in detail and indicts both himself and Lord Alfred for vanity and weakness. De Profundis is a letter to Bosie, also known as Lord Alfred Douglas, written by the famous Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. The first part is a forensic, examination of the destructive quality of the relationship between Oscar Lord Alfred. The letter is dramatically divided into two parts We do not know if he read it or not.īecause of the personal nature of this letter a full version was not published until 1962 – many years after Wilde’s death. While he was in jail Oscar Wilde was not allowed to send the letter, but on his release a copy was delivered to Lord Alfred. The letter is a painful, questioning, confession of sorts to his former lover, Bosie-Lord Alfred Douglas. This week we take a look into the depths, with a close reading of Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis.ĭe Profundis is actually a letter Oscar Wilde wrote in 1897 while he was in prison in Reading Gaol.
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