@booklet {7805, title = {"The Soul of Man Under Socialism"}, howpublished = {The Fortnightly Review}, volume = { 55 (ns 49) }, year = {1891}, note = {

Repub. London: Chiswick Press, 1895. U.S. ed. Boston, MA: John W. Luce, 1900.\ Rpt. New York: Oriole Chapbooks/Oriole Editions, [1978?]; and in The Soul of Man and Prison Writings. Ed. Isobel Murray (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1990), 1-27 with Explanatory Notes on 198-206. Critical ed. as \“The Soul of Man.\” The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. Ed. Ian Small. Volume 4 Criticism: Historical Criticism, Intentions, The Soul of Man. Ed. Josephine M. Guy (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2007), 231-68, with \“The Textual Condition of The Soul of Man\” (lxviii-lxxx), \“A Note of the Text\” (xci-xciv), and a \“Commentary\” (551-84).

}, month = {February 1891}, pages = {292-319}, abstract = {

Essay and notes toward a utopia. The essay is a critique of both contemporary life under capitalism and authoritarian socialism, but throughout the essay Wilde projects an anarcho-socialism or at least a socialism with very little government that leads to individualism and creativity.

}, keywords = {Irish author, Male author}, author = {Oscar [Fingal O{\textquoteright}Flahertie Wills] Wilde (1854-1900)} }