Title: Apologia pro Oscar Wilde : [photocopy] / Deutsch von Felix Paul Greve. --

Published: Minden in Westf. : J. C. C. Bruns Verlag, [1903/4].

Description: 34, [2] p. ; 19 cm. --

Series: Divay FPG &FrL research collection ; Box 1: Documents

Note:
pp. [35-36] contain Wilde-related adverstisement for the following seven Bruns titles:
Fingerzeige (FPG) ;
Dorian Grays Bildnis, 2. Aufl. (FPG) ;
Mr. H. R. / Lord A. Savile (FPG) ;

Sherard, OW (Teschenberg) ;
Randarabesken zu OW / von FPG ;
OW-Brevier ;
OW : Studien zur modernen Weltliteratur (both transl. or written by Hagemann).

Annotation:
Originally published anonymously in 1895, London, William Reeves, 45 pp. --

Often attributed to Lord Alfred Douglas, but apparently now traced to Dal [Dalhousie] Young, who is not represented in the UM Libraries online catalogue BISON.

According to the following website [ http://home.arcor.de/oscar.wilde/], he was a "composer and pianist (1866-1921)... After his release from prison in 1897, Wilde met with Young & various French literati on the French Channel Coast, notably, Berneval-sur-Mer and Dieppe."

In relation to one of the few copies located on the Internet, book-dealer Healy says:
"Dalhousie Young was an Englishman, most sympathetic to Wilde, who wrote the above apologia to contradict the theory that Wilde's writings were immoral and seditious. He was one of the very few who ventured into print. Young wrote this scarce plea on 31st May 1895, six days after Wilde was convicted & sentenced and not many copies come on the market."
[ http://www.healyrarebooks.com/1100_1199.htm ]

Phc of Greve's translation obtained in early May 1990 from Dr. Ute Oelmann, Stefan George Archiv, Stuttgart.

zvab had not a single listing for this Latin title [4.1.2006] which mimick's Grove's 1931 article "Apologia pro vita et opere sue". However, some copies of the English orig. were detected on the internet, and can probably be requested by Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan.

Subjects:
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Trials, litigation, etc.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Translations, German Sources.
Greve, Felix Paul, 1879-1909 Knowledge Translating.
Grove, Frederick Philip, 1879-1948 Career in translating and interpreting.
Translators Germany Munich.
German literature English influences.
Canadian literature German authors Biography Sources.

Douglas, Alfred Bruce, Lord, 1870-1945.