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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... Oxford, where he began to propagandize the new Aesthetic (or 'Art for Art's Sake') Movement. Despite winning a first and the Newdigate Prize for Poetry, Wilde failed to obtain an Oxford fellowship, and was forced to earn a living by ...
... Oxford, where he began to propagandize the new Aesthetic (or 'Art for Art's Sake') Movement. Despite winning a first and the Newdigate Prize for Poetry, Wilde failed to obtain an Oxford fellowship, and was forced to earn a living by ...
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... Oxford (1994) and The Vulgarization of Art: The Victorians and Aesthetic Democracy (1996). She has held Alexander von Humboldt, Rockefeller and Guggenheim fellowships, and is a past fellow of the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis ...
... Oxford (1994) and The Vulgarization of Art: The Victorians and Aesthetic Democracy (1996). She has held Alexander von Humboldt, Rockefeller and Guggenheim fellowships, and is a past fellow of the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis ...
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... Oxford English Texts series. In the meantime, I have taken the texts of Wilde's early reviews, The Soul of Man under Socialism and the four essays of Intentions from Robert Ross's 1908 edition of Wilde's works. The text of the expanded ...
... Oxford English Texts series. In the meantime, I have taken the texts of Wilde's early reviews, The Soul of Man under Socialism and the four essays of Intentions from Robert Ross's 1908 edition of Wilde's works. The text of the expanded ...
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... over an 'education of the eye' among British readers, his exquisitely sensitive prose giving a voice to what had been hitherto invisible or inexpressible, his marvellous eloquence teaching an entire generation to see. At Oxford,
... over an 'education of the eye' among British readers, his exquisitely sensitive prose giving a voice to what had been hitherto invisible or inexpressible, his marvellous eloquence teaching an entire generation to see. At Oxford,
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Oscar Wilde. marvellous eloquence teaching an entire generation to see. At Oxford, where Ruskin was in residence as the Slade Professor of Art, Wilde would seek him out, attend his lectures and even volunteer to fill wheelbarrows with ...
Oscar Wilde. marvellous eloquence teaching an entire generation to see. At Oxford, where Ruskin was in residence as the Slade Professor of Art, Wilde would seek him out, attend his lectures and even volunteer to fill wheelbarrows with ...
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