De Profundis (Annotated)
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798607522933
- Pages
- 46
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-02
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
Description
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-In case you do not know what De Profundis is about, you should warn them that it may not be suitable for anyone to read. Unless they have an extremely curious spirit and want to read it because they do.De Profundis is the letter that Oscar Wilde wrote for Alfred Douglas -or Bosie- (in other places you can say it was the letter to his lover and things like that but for me it is the letter for the culprit of his ruin) from Reading jail.As I said at the beginning, I do not see that it is something of general interest, yet they usually publish letters from recognized writers. But for someone who, like me, loves Oscar Wilde and his work, De Profundis is essential. Let's see ... the letter begins by exposing and remembering all the things Oscar did for the stupid Bosie. It becomes somewhat jagged and recriminating and does not fail to point out to the recipient all its failures and defects.He does a review of specific events, and sometimes includes dates and places, we find out what his relationship was like from Wilde's own perspective. The whole first part caused me anger and frustration, I could not believe that someone as exceptional as Oscar has ended up interacting with a person as immature, stupid and capricious as Bosie was. The same writer realizes that but was already too involved to cut the problem at the root.He tells us how he was involved in the critical relationship between Douglas, son and father, and how that mutual hatred they had ended up finding him guilty and sending him to jail.He tells us about love and hate; he does not stop mentioning suffering and pain; He talks to us about art and has a few moments of pride in this regard (although coming from him they are completely justified); He tells us how he felt his material, artistic and spiritual ruin; he has a theological moment in which he reflects on religion and on Christ; and towards the latter he tells us about the transformation he had in his experience in prison, how pain and suffering opened his eyes to other types of beauty that he had not previously known or wanted to appreciate. How all this he lived made him a new person.
