Oscar Wilde and the Art of Lying

Oscar Wilde and the Art of Lying
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 120
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ISBN-10 : 9781527524149
ISBN-13 : 1527524140
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Book Synopsis Oscar Wilde and the Art of Lying by : D.D. Desjardins

Download or read book Oscar Wilde and the Art of Lying written by D.D. Desjardins and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing Wilde’s own characters “Vivian” and “Cyril,” this critique in play format begins by discussing the playwright’s ideas on the relation of Art to Life, exploring his pronouncements on the artist’s true purpose. Wilde’s statement about the artist as a “creator of beauty”, found in his “Preface to the Picture of Dorian Gray”, is then examined with regard to his last and most popular play, The Importance of Being Earnest. Discussing …Earnest in extensis, this book discovers whether the elegant artificiality and epigrammatic conceits of contemporary farce prevail as beauty per Wilde’s earlier theories as expressed in The Decay of Lying. The consequence of Wilde’s assault on Victorian values is considered in terms of its social contribution to perceptions of beauty and the way in which we might appreciate both the playwright and …Earnest now.


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