The women of Homer /
Wilde, Oscar,1854-1900.
Wright, Thomas.
Mead, Donald.
London : Oscar Wilde Society,
2008.
"Of this edition 130 copies only have been printed, of which 100 are for sale."--p. [ii].
"In 1876 Oscar Wilde, then an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, wrote an article surveying the chapter 'The women of Homer' from John Addington Symonds's newly published Studies of the Greek poets (second series). The article was both a review of Symonds's book and a general introduction to the heroines of Homer's epics. [...] Wilde's article, 'The Women of Homer', is published here for the very first time. It is his earliest surviving prose work, and probably his first attempt at reviewing."--dust jacket front flap.
Consists of a scholarly reference text and a reading text for the general reader. The introduction includes notes on Wilde's manuscript and Robert Ross's typescript.
Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893.
Homer