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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... Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on the West End stage between 1892 and 1895. Success, however, was short-lived. In 1891 Wilde had met and.
... Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on the West End stage between 1892 and 1895. Success, however, was short-lived. In 1891 Wilde had met and.
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... importance as a philosophical spokesman for the autonomy of art. For our current preoccupation with Wilde as a witty and languid poseur tends to obscure the Wilde who was, at the same time, a deep and serious reader of literature and ...
... importance as a philosophical spokesman for the autonomy of art. For our current preoccupation with Wilde as a witty and languid poseur tends to obscure the Wilde who was, at the same time, a deep and serious reader of literature and ...
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... importance of colour, pattern and form. For from 1843 onwards, preeminently in Modern Painters and The Stones of Venice, John Ruskin had been presiding over an 'education of the eye' among British readers, his exquisitely sensitive ...
... importance of colour, pattern and form. For from 1843 onwards, preeminently in Modern Painters and The Stones of Venice, John Ruskin had been presiding over an 'education of the eye' among British readers, his exquisitely sensitive ...
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... Importance, insouciantly remarking that the 'intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all'. For Wilde, the companionship of ideas meant not only books but talk. His ...
... Importance, insouciantly remarking that the 'intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all'. For Wilde, the companionship of ideas meant not only books but talk. His ...
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... importance to cultural vitality of an intellectual 'atmosphere' – the importance of what he simply and grandly called 'ideas'. Hellenism, as Arnold defined it, was a 'spontaneity of consciousness', a 'play of thought' upon stock notions ...
... importance to cultural vitality of an intellectual 'atmosphere' – the importance of what he simply and grandly called 'ideas'. Hellenism, as Arnold defined it, was a 'spontaneity of consciousness', a 'play of thought' upon stock notions ...
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