The critical writings of Oscar Wilde An annotated selection
Book - 2022
"Though best known for his drama and fiction, Oscar Wilde was also a pioneering critic. He introduced the idea that criticism was an act of creation, not just appraisal. Wilde transformed the genre by extending its ambit beyond art to include society itself, all while injecting it with his trademark wit and style"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Published
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press
2022.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780674271821
- Introduction
- A Note on the Texts
- Reviews
- Mr. Whistler's Ten O'Clock (1885)
- Dinners and Dishes (1885)
- A Handbook to Marriage (1885)
- Great Writers by Little Men (1887)
- Aristotle At Afternoon Tea (1887)
- From "A Chinese Sage" (1890)
- From "Mr. Pater's Last Volume" (1890)
- Essays and Dialogues
- From "The Philosophy of Dress" (1885)
- The American Invasion (1887)
- The American Man (1887)
- From "London Models" (1889)
- From "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)
- From Intentions (1891)
- From "The Decay of Lying"
- Pen Pencil and Poison
- From "The Critic as Artist"
- From "The Truth of Masks"
- Letters to the Press
- From "Woman's Dress" (1884)
- To Read, or Not to Read (1886)
- From "Fashions in Dress" (1891)
- Puppets and Actors (1892)
- Epigrams and Paradoxes
- Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
- A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
- Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
- Further Reading
- Illustration Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Index