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Beyond wit: Wilde’s profound thoughts on art, society, and self.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose
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416 pages
- Release Date
30 August 2001
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Summary
New selection with introduction, suggestions for further reading, and full explanatory notes.
This selection includes:
- The Portrait of Mr. W.H.
- Wilde’s defense of Dorian Gray
- Reviews
- Writings from Intentions (1891):
- “The Decay of Lying”
- “Pen, Pencil, Poison”
- “The Critic as Artist”
Wilde is familiar to us as the ironic critic behind the social comed…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140433876 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140433872 |
| Author: | Oscar Wilde, Linda Dowling |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Oscar Wilde
Born in Ireland, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin and Oxford and went on to become the leading and most prominent exponent of aestheticism. He wrote many plays, a novel, short stories, poetry and criticism. Imprisoned for homosexual acts, he died after his release in exile in Paris.
Linda Dowling is Professor of English at Princeton.
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