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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... existence of an ideal realm also contained an important truth, confirming as it did his own sense that colour was no exterior paint or hue but the visible manifestation of an inward 'soul of things'. 'Surely he who sees in colour no ...
... existence of an ideal realm also contained an important truth, confirming as it did his own sense that colour was no exterior paint or hue but the visible manifestation of an inward 'soul of things'. 'Surely he who sees in colour no ...
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Oscar Wilde. it out of all tangible existence. In the same way, his critical theory would constantly strive to acknowledge the metaphysical essence of works of art while at the same time refusing to reduce any given novel or poem or ...
Oscar Wilde. it out of all tangible existence. In the same way, his critical theory would constantly strive to acknowledge the metaphysical essence of works of art while at the same time refusing to reduce any given novel or poem or ...
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... existence of a wholly sentient being. 'To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame,' declared the famous 'Conclusion' to the Renaissance, 'is success in life.' 'The demand of the intellect,' Pater had similarly said in his chapter on ...
... existence of a wholly sentient being. 'To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame,' declared the famous 'Conclusion' to the Renaissance, 'is success in life.' 'The demand of the intellect,' Pater had similarly said in his chapter on ...
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... existence', to treat the universe 'as if'. Writing to congratulate Rennell Rodd on winning a second in Literae Humaniores in the December of 1880, Wilde declared, 'Greats is the only fine school at Oxford, the only sphere of thought ...
... existence', to treat the universe 'as if'. Writing to congratulate Rennell Rodd on winning a second in Literae Humaniores in the December of 1880, Wilde declared, 'Greats is the only fine school at Oxford, the only sphere of thought ...
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... existence – rousing and startling it into 'a life of constant attention' – that Pater had urged in his Renaissance. This Socratic pursuit of open-ended inquiry was precisely the cultural work imagined for the Greats course specifically ...
... existence – rousing and startling it into 'a life of constant attention' – that Pater had urged in his Renaissance. This Socratic pursuit of open-ended inquiry was precisely the cultural work imagined for the Greats course specifically ...
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