BIBLIOGRAPHIES
OSCAR WILDE PUBLISHED BY THE FIRM OF RECLAM, LEIPZIG & STUTTGART
Anton Philipp Reclam (1807-96) founded the publishing house Philipp Reclam jun in 1828 in the Leipzig named, so named to distinguish it from his father's firm, which it absorbed in 1872. In 1948 with the division of Germany between the Federal Republic in the West and the Democratic Republic in the East, the firm split into separate Leipzig and Stuttgart branches: these were reunited in 1990 when Germany itself united.
As far as we have been able to establish, Reclam’s first engagement with Wilde was the publication in 1904 of a translation by a Dr Kiefer of Salome as No 4497 of their Universal-Bibliothek [UB] followed in 1907 by The Ballad of Reading Gaol [as ‘Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading’, German version by Walther Unus], Universal-Bibliothek 4864, reprinted 1926. In the following year they published Max Chop’s Richard Strauss: Salomé, Geschichtlich, szenisch und musikalisch analysiert mit zahlreichen Notenbeispielen, volume 13 in Erläterungen zu Meisterwerken der Tonkunst, No.4995 of the Universal-Bibliothek; and The Picture of Dorian Gray translated by Margarete Preiss as ‘Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray’ with an introduction by Johannes Gaulke (U-B 5008). There seems to have been a long gap after that, until the publication in 1923 of A House of Pomegranates [as ‘Das Granatapfelhaus: Vier Märchen’, German version by Hedwig Lachmann], Universal-Bibliothek 6409/6410. The Happy Prince and Other Tales [as ‘Der Glückliche Prinz und andere Märchen’] came out in 1928, translated with an afterword by Ernst Sander (Universal-Bibliothek 6865). This was reprinted in 1961 (we have another gap here that needs to be filled, especially after the split of the two houses in 1948), 1980 and 1994; and also in 1961 there was an edition of The Importance of Being Earnest as ‘Bunbury: Eine triviale Kömedie für ernsthafte Leute’]. This was an old translation by Franz Blei, but revised with an afterword by Kuno Epple [Universal-Bibliothek 8498].
Two years later, Reclam published Epple’s translation of An Ideal Husband [as ‘Ein idealer Gatte’], Universal-Bibliothek 8641, and reprinted The Importance, but almost immediately replacing the latter with a new translation by Rainer Kohlmayer (‘Bunbury, oder Es ist wichtig, ernst zu sein. Eine triviale Kömedie für ernsthafte Leute’), who also wrote a new afterword which replaced an earlier one by Ivan Nagle; this was reprinted in 1994 and 1999. 1964 saw The Canterville Ghost [as ‘Das Gespenst von Canterville’], translated by Ernst Sander, Universal-Bibliothek 6817, reprinted 1994. All these 1960s editions were published in Stuttgart. In 1967, the Leipzig house published The Canterville Ghost [as ‘Das Gespenst von Canterville. Erzählungen und Märchen’’], in translations by Franz Blei, Ernst Sander & Georg Spranger,renumbering it as Universal-Bibliothek 367; by 1988 this had gone through six impressions. In 1991, the Epple translation of An Ideal Husband was replaced by one by Kohlmayer, though carrying the same U-B number. Kohlmayer also supplied a new afterword.
1990 saw a new edition of Salome, with an afterword by Ulrich Karthaus, though using the ancient Hedwig Lachmann translation; this was reprinted in 1994. Ingrid Rein’s translation of The Picture of Dorian Gray [‘Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray’] with an afterword by Ulrich Horstmann came out in 1992, replacing the Margarete Preiss translation, though again keeping the same U-B number. In 2004 Reclam published Hans-Christian Oeser’s guide Oscar Wilde ABC as well as The Ballad of Reading Gaol + De Profundis, edited with Notes, bibliography &c by Hans-Christian Oeser [U-B 9114], who also in 2007 provided an afterword to a new edition of the Sander translation The Canterville Ghost [as ‘Das Gespenst von Cantervillle] illustrated by Inge Brux. Finally Oeser’s translation of the tales [Märchen] was published in 2008.
Below is information about the editions currently in print.
Wilde, Oscar: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray Übers. u. Anm.: Rein, Ingrid. Nachw.: Horstmann, Ulrich. 349 S. ISBN 978-3-15-005008-8 UB 5008
						Wilde, Oscar: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray Übers. u. Anm.: Rein, Ingrid. Nachw.: Horstmann, Ulrich. Geb. Format 9,6 x 15,2 cm. 336 S. ISBN 978-3-15-025008-2
Wilde, Oscar: Bunbury oder Ernst sein ist wichtig Eine triviale Komödie für ernsthafte Leute. Übers. u. Nachw.: Kohlmayer, Rainer. 95 S. ISBN 978-3-15-008498-4 UB 8498
					Wilde, Oscar: Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung Gesellschaftskomödie in vier Akten. Übers. u. Nachw.: Kollakowsky, Norbert. 107 S. ISBN 978-3-15-018066-2 UB 18066
Wilde, Oscar: Der glückliche Prinz und andere Märchen Übers. u. Nachw.: Sander, Ernst. 71 S. ISBN 978-3-15-006865-6 UB 6865
		Wilde, Oscar: Ein idealer Gatte Komödie in vier Akten. Übers. u. Nachw.: Kohlmayer, Rainer. 151 S. ISBN 978-3-15-008641-4 UB 8641
Wilde, Oscar: Lady Windermeres Fächer Die Geschichte einer anständigen Frau. Komödie in vier Akten. Übers. u. Nachw.: Kollakowsky, Norbert. 103 S. ISBN 978-3-15-008981-1 UB 8981
						Wilde, Oscar: Salome Tragödie in einem Akt. Übers.: Lachmann, Hedwig. Nachw.: Karthaus, Ulrich. Ill.: Beardsley, Audrey. 69 S. 80 Ill. ISBN 978-3-15-004497-1 UB 4497
Wilde, Oscar: The Canterville Ghost. A Hylo-Idealistic Romance Engl. Hrsg.: Friedmann, Karin. 64 S. ISBN 978-3-15-009177-7 UB 9177
						Wilde, Oscar: The Happy Prince and Other Tales Engl. Hrsg.: König, Eva-Maria. 91 S. ISBN 978-3-15-009293-4 UB 9293
Wilde, Oscar: Lady Windermere’s Fan. A Play about a Good Woman Engl. Hrsg.: Poziemski, John. 101 S. ISBN 978-3-15-009187-6 UB 9187
	Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray Engl. Hrsg.: König, Eva-Maria. 344 S. ISBN 978-3-15-009019-0 UB 9019
Wilde, Oscar: The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People Engl. Hrsg.: Pfister, Manfred. 141 S. ISBN 978-3-15-009267-5 UB 9267
	Wilde, Oscar: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray Roman. Übers.: Rein, Ingrid. Nachw.: Horstmann, Ulrich. 334 S. ISBN 978-3-379-01717-6 RBL 1717
Wilde, Oscar: Das Gespenst von Canterville. Eine hylo-idealistische Romanze Nachw.: Oeser, Hans-Christian. Übers.: Sander, Ernst. Ill.: Brüx, Inge Geb. Format 9,6 x 15,2 cm. 83 S. ISBN 978-3-15-010634-1
						Wilde, Oscar: Das Gespenst von Canterville Übers.: Sander, Ernst. Nachw.: Oeser, Hans-Christian. 83 S. ISBN 978-3-15-018568-1 UB 18568
Wilde, Oscar: Die Märchen Übers. u. Nachw.: Oeser, Hans-Christian Reclam Bibliothek. Geb. Format 12 x 19 cm. 217 S. ISBN 978-3-15-010669-3
						Oscar Wilde zum Vergnügen. ‘Mein Name ist Prinz Paradox’. Hrsg.: Horstmann, Ulrich. 188 S. 9 Abb. ISBN 978-3-15-018059-4 UB 18059
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