Record Number: 26289

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Wilde's copy of "The Bacchae of Euripides" edited by one of his Trinity tutors, R.Y. Tyrrell, has also survived. On the title-page of the famous play... Wilde wrote "Oscar Wilde T.C.D. Trinity [i.e. summer term], 1872. Clearly intent on acquiring a "minute and critical knowledge" of the text, Wilde underlines countless words and phrases which he then presumably looked up in his lexicon; he frequently glosses lines in the drama with notes such as "C.f. Xenophanes", "C.f. [line] 342"'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1872 and 31 Dec 1874

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Dublin

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Oscar Wilde

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Oct 1854

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Euripides

Title:

The Bacchae

Genre:

Classics, Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

ed. R.Y. Tyrrell

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26289

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Wright

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Oscar's Books

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

62

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books, (London, 2000), p. 62, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26289, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None