De Profundis

by Oscar Wilde

Publisher:

Methuen & Co.

, 1915

Overview

De Profundis is an epistle written by Oscar Wilde from prison. In it he expresses regret over his formerly lavish lifestyle and reflects on his spiritual development. Wilde reflects on Jesus, characterizing him as an artist. It stands in sharp contrast to his earlier works featuring themes of triviality and hedonism.

Product Details

• Title: De Profundis
• Author: Oscar Wilde
• Edition: Thirty-First Edition
• Publisher: Methuen & Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1915
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900; Prison life; Suffering
• Resource ID: LLS:DEPROFUNDIS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T18:24:07Z

About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death. Wilde’s parents were successful Dublin intellectuals, and their son showed his intelligence early by becoming fluent in French and German.