"The Soul of Man Under Socialism"
Title | "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" |
Year for Search | 1891 |
Authors | Wilde, Oscar [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills](1854-1900) |
Secondary Title | The Fortnightly Review |
Volume / Edition | 55 (ns 49) |
Pagination | 292-319 |
Date Published | February 1891 |
Keywords | Irish author, Male author |
Annotation | 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. |
Additional Publishers | 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). |
Holding Institutions | PSt |
Author Note | Irish author (1854-1900). |
Full Text | 1891 Wilde, Oscar [Fingal O’Flahertie Wills] (1854-1900). “The Soul of Man Under Socialism.” The Fortnightly Review 55 (ns 49) (February 1891): 292-319. Repub. London: Chiswick Press, 1895. U.S. ed. 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. Irish author. |