Record Number: 26289
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
Timen/a
Place:city: Dublin
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Bacchae
Genre:Classics, Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsed. R.Y. Tyrrell
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:26289
Source: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: 18 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None