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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... mode 'by which, and by which alone, the intellect could feel itself alive'. At Trinity College, Dublin, where he attended from 1871 to 1874, Wilde quickly established the pattern that would mark his later career: intense short bursts of ...
... mode 'by which, and by which alone, the intellect could feel itself alive'. At Trinity College, Dublin, where he attended from 1871 to 1874, Wilde quickly established the pattern that would mark his later career: intense short bursts of ...
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... -Freudian commentators to regard Wilde's conversation as either a mode of aggression – dominating the dining-rooms of London, or of sexual sublimation – seducing listeners instead of lovers, amounts to little more than prurient gossip.
... -Freudian commentators to regard Wilde's conversation as either a mode of aggression – dominating the dining-rooms of London, or of sexual sublimation – seducing listeners instead of lovers, amounts to little more than prurient gossip.
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... supper with Robert Ross. In a single conversation he had hit upon 'idea, title, treatment, mode, everything'. This vivid evening he would contrast with the food- and drink-sodden nights spent in the company of Douglas,
... supper with Robert Ross. In a single conversation he had hit upon 'idea, title, treatment, mode, everything'. This vivid evening he would contrast with the food- and drink-sodden nights spent in the company of Douglas,
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... mode of reading and interpretation. The chief architect of these changes was Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College and Regius Professor of Greek. Strongly influenced by Hegel and by German biblical criticism, Jowett had become ...
... mode of reading and interpretation. The chief architect of these changes was Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College and Regius Professor of Greek. Strongly influenced by Hegel and by German biblical criticism, Jowett had become ...
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... mode of daring transposition in which the metaphysical or ethical arguments of Plato or Aristotle, for instance, are transposed from their own discourse into another, applying them to modern aesthetic questions, and transforming while ...
... mode of daring transposition in which the metaphysical or ethical arguments of Plato or Aristotle, for instance, are transposed from their own discourse into another, applying them to modern aesthetic questions, and transforming while ...
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