The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical ProseSelection includes The Portrait of Mr W.H., Wilde's defence of Dorian Gray, reviews, and the writings from 'Intentions' (1891): 'The Decay of Lying, 'Pen, Pencil, Poison', and 'The Critic as Artist'. |
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... Ernest that the critic's 'sole aim' is to chronicle his own impressions, 'the spiritual moods and imaginative passions of the mind', because perfect criticism 'seeks to reveal its own secret and not the secret of another'. Yet this ...
... Ernest that the critic's 'sole aim' is to chronicle his own impressions, 'the spiritual moods and imaginative passions of the mind', because perfect criticism 'seeks to reveal its own secret and not the secret of another'. Yet this ...
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... Ernest that criticism 'has least reference to any standard external to itself, and is, in fact, its own reason for existing'. The Greats examination system encouraged this tendency to arrive at new truth through a transposition of ...
... Ernest that criticism 'has least reference to any standard external to itself, and is, in fact, its own reason for existing'. The Greats examination system encouraged this tendency to arrive at new truth through a transposition of ...
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... Ernest, 'the swan-like daughter of Leda comes out on the battlements, and looks down at the tide of war.' Is Helen a mere shadow in a song? No: she is real. The world will always remember of Wilde, that the life which began to be such a ...
... Ernest, 'the swan-like daughter of Leda comes out on the battlements, and looks down at the tide of war.' Is Helen a mere shadow in a song? No: she is real. The world will always remember of Wilde, that the life which began to be such a ...
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