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Tag: De Profundis: Oscar Wilde’s narrative of mental anguish

  • De Profundis: Oscar Wilde’s narrative of mental anguish

    Anthony G. Chesebro Stony Brook, New York, United States Oscar Wilde. Photo by Napoleon Sarony, 1882. Via Wikimedia. Public domain.   “There is only one season, the season of sorrow.”1  Imprisoned for a relationship that was criminalized by the government of his time, in 1897 Oscar Wilde had spent two years in jail. Finally granted…