Author: Stuart MasonPublisher: Mundus Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art and morals
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Oscar Wilde : Art and Morality
Author: Stuart MasonPublisher: Mundus Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art and morals
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Author: Stuart MasonOscar Wilde
Author: Oscar WildeOscar Wilde
Author: Stuart MasonPublisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781484857915
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
"Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult."These were the words of Walter Pater to Oscar Wilde on the occasion of their first meeting during the latter's undergraduate days at Oxford. Those were "days of lyrical ardours and of studious sonnet-writing," wrote Wilde, in reviewing one of Pater's books some years later, "days when one loved the exquisite intricacy and musical repetitions of the ballade, and the vilanelle with its linked long-drawn echoes and its curious completeness; days when one solemnly sought to discover the proper temper in which a triolet should be written; delightful days, in which, I am glad to say, there was far more rhyme than reason."Oscar Wilde was never a voluminous writer—"writing bores me so," he once said to André Gide—and at the time of which he speaks he had published little except some occasional verses in his University magazines. Then, in 1881, came his volume of collected poems, followed at intervals during the next nine or ten years by a collection of fairy stories and some essays in the leading reviews."I did not quite understand what Mr. Pater meant," he continues, "and it was not till I had carefully studied his beautiful and suggestive essays on the Renaissance that I fully realised what a wonderful self-conscious art the art of English prose-writing really is, or may be made to be."
Art and Morality
Author: Oscar WildePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492178606
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Art and Morality A Defence of the Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Edited by Stuart Mason On the whole, an artist in England gains something by being attacked. His individuality is intensified. He becomes more completely himself. Of course, the attacks are very gross, very impertinent, and very contemptible. But then no artist expects grace from the vulgar mind, or style from the suburban intellect.
Oscar Wilde: Art & Morality
Author: Stuart MasonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
During his short creative life Oscar Wilde caused controversy with almost every work he produced. To say that "The Picture of Dorian Gray" caused a sensation when it was published would be a masterpiece of understatement. This masterful study brings together an account of the turmoil that arose in literary circles upon the publication of this work of artistic imagination, & of the repercussions of this turmoil on Wilde's life. Extremely valuable for literature collections & for the study of Victorian manners & morals.
Oscar Wilde
Author: Christopher MillardOscar Wilde: Art and Morality
Author: Stuart MasonPublisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9780368615900
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Oscar Wilde, Art and Morality: A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a classic literary studies text by Stuart Mason that examines the writing of Oscar Wilde with a focus on the classic Wilde novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray".
Oscar Wilde
Author: Christopher MillardOscar Wilde: Art and Morality: A Defence of the Picture of Dorian Gray
Author: Stuart MasonPublisher: Lushena Books
ISBN: 9781631823169
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
"Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult." These were the words of Walter Pater to Oscar Wilde on the occasion of their first meeting during the latter's undergraduate days at Oxford. Those were "days of lyrical ardours and of studious sonnet-writing," wrote Wilde, in reviewing one of Pater's books some years later, "days when one loved the exquisite intricacy and musical repetitions of the ballade, and the vilanelle with its linked long-drawn echoes and its curious completeness; days when one solemnly sought to discover the proper temper in which a triolet should be written; delightful days, in which, I am glad to say, there was far more rhyme than reason." Oscar Wilde was never a voluminous writer-"writing bores me so," he once said to Andre Gide-and at the time of which he speaks he had published little except some occasional verses in his University magazines. Then, in 1881, came his volume of collected poems, followed at intervals during the next nine or ten years by a collection of fairy stories and some essays in the leading reviews."