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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... poet who wrote under the pseudonym 'Speranza'. He went to Trinity College, Dublin, and then to Magdalen College ... Poetry, Wilde failed to obtain an Oxford fellowship, and was forced to earn a living by public lecturing and writing ...
... poet who wrote under the pseudonym 'Speranza'. He went to Trinity College, Dublin, and then to Magdalen College ... Poetry, Wilde failed to obtain an Oxford fellowship, and was forced to earn a living by public lecturing and writing ...
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... poetry under the penname of 'Speranza', conducted the most celebrated salon in Dublin, no mean accomplishment in that city of brilliant talkers. Both parents were committed Irish nationalists, devoting much time to preserving the rich ...
... poetry under the penname of 'Speranza', conducted the most celebrated salon in Dublin, no mean accomplishment in that city of brilliant talkers. Both parents were committed Irish nationalists, devoting much time to preserving the rich ...
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... in classical philosophy and history called Greats, Wilde astonished the Oxford dons – and perhaps even himself – by winning the Newdigate Prize in Poetry for 'Ravenna' and then capturing the best first of 1878. Imagine, he wrote.
... in classical philosophy and history called Greats, Wilde astonished the Oxford dons – and perhaps even himself – by winning the Newdigate Prize in Poetry for 'Ravenna' and then capturing the best first of 1878. Imagine, he wrote.
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... poetry is immense,' he declared, and, 'Hellenism is the master-impulse even now of the life of our nation and of humanity.' Such pronouncements powerfully attracted a younger generation grown cynical about socially earnest good works ...
... poetry is immense,' he declared, and, 'Hellenism is the master-impulse even now of the life of our nation and of humanity.' Such pronouncements powerfully attracted a younger generation grown cynical about socially earnest good works ...
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... poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts; and so to the poet beyond all others are these mysteries known; to Edgar Allan Poe and to ...
... poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts; and so to the poet beyond all others are these mysteries known; to Edgar Allan Poe and to ...
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