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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Oscar Wilde. Note. on. the. Texts. The absence of a scholarly edition of Wilde's works has long been felt. It will at last be rectified by the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, soon to appear under the general editorship of Russell Jackson and ...
Oscar Wilde. Note. on. the. Texts. The absence of a scholarly edition of Wilde's works has long been felt. It will at last be rectified by the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, soon to appear under the general editorship of Russell Jackson and ...
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... Wilde's claim seemed to many readers to be at once grandiose and pathetic – symptomatic of the manic egotism that had seemingly driven Wilde, then a brilliantly successful playwright, author and wit, on his mad course to prison: first ...
... Wilde's claim seemed to many readers to be at once grandiose and pathetic – symptomatic of the manic egotism that had seemingly driven Wilde, then a brilliantly successful playwright, author and wit, on his mad course to prison: first ...
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... Wilde would be dedicated in Westminster Abbey. In recent years, Wilde's plays have been continuously revived on the stage and successfully translated into films. His tragic plunge from the height of success to the depths of social ruin ...
... Wilde would be dedicated in Westminster Abbey. In recent years, Wilde's plays have been continuously revived on the stage and successfully translated into films. His tragic plunge from the height of success to the depths of social ruin ...
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Oscar Wilde. plagiarism and pastiche. Perhaps most remarkably, Wilde has been made into a major figure in our ... Wilde's deep imaginative engagement with great literary works, his long preoccupation with the theory and practice ...
Oscar Wilde. plagiarism and pastiche. Perhaps most remarkably, Wilde has been made into a major figure in our ... Wilde's deep imaginative engagement with great literary works, his long preoccupation with the theory and practice ...
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Oscar Wilde. contemplative life, the moral imperatives underlying the slogan of Art for Art's Sake. The twenty-first century, it may be, will mark the period during which we begin to grasp Wilde's importance as a philosophical spokesman ...
Oscar Wilde. contemplative life, the moral imperatives underlying the slogan of Art for Art's Sake. The twenty-first century, it may be, will mark the period during which we begin to grasp Wilde's importance as a philosophical spokesman ...
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