Lord Alfred Douglas - The True History of Shakespeare&Apos;S Sonnets

London, Martin Secker, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study of Shakespeare's sonnets, with commentary on the identity of 'Mr. W. H.', from English poet, journalist and lover of Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred Douglas. The first edition of this work, with no further edition remarks. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a monochrome portrait frontispiece. This work offers the "true story" of Shakespeare's sonnets, being their contexts and analyses of the language used. It looks particularly at those dedicated to Mr W. H, a figure whose theorised identity is discussed in this work. From Lord Alfred Douglas, an English poet and journalist who is also noted for his turbulent affair with Oscar Wilde, with surfaced intimate notes between the two being used as evidence against Wilde and later leading to his imprisonment. Douglas references Wilde's book 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H', which was his attempt to uncover the identity of the dedicatee in his work. Although known to have been Wilde's lover, Douglas' embrace of Catholicism led to a rejection of homosexuality, this being clear in his disagreement of theories that Shakespeare felt romantically towards Mr. W. H. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards and darkening to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with slight age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

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