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- Title
"The Portrait of Mr W. H.," Textual Identity, and Oscar Wilde's "Incalculable Injury".
- Authors
Small, Ian
- Abstract
"The Portrait of Mr W. H." was published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in 1889 and a second "version," as it is often termed, was written at various points between then and 1893, but it did not appear until 1921 and then only in a limited edition. This second text, first tentatively titled The Incomparable and ingenious history of Mr W. H. and here called the Rosenbach manuscript, is twice the length of the earlier piece, and in its tone, tenor, and range of reference very different. This article argues why it is important to distinguish carefully between Blackwood's "Mr W. H" and the Rosenbach manuscript. There is much to learn about Wilde's compositional practices and developing interest in doing so. [120 words]
- Subjects
PORTRAIT of Mr. W.H., The (Short story); WILDE, Oscar, 1854-1900; LOST manuscripts; 19TH century English literature; LITERATURE publishing; ROSENBACH, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952; 19TH century (Literary period)
- Publication
English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920, 2020, Vol 63, Issue 4, p509
- ISSN
0013-8339
- Publication type
Literary Criticism