In Praise of Disobedience

Höfundur: Oscar Wilde (Útgáfa: 0)
In Praise of Disobedience

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In Praise of Disobedience draw on works from a single miraculous year in which Oscar Wilde published the larger part of his greatest prose - the year he came into maturity as an artist. Before the end of 1891, he had written the first of his phenomenally successful plays and met the young man who would win his heart, beginning the love affair that would lead to imprisonment and public infamy. In a witty introduction, playwright, novelist and Wilde scholar Neil Bartlett explains what made this point in the writer's life central to his genius and why Wilde remains a provocative and radical figure to this day.

Included here are the entirety of Wilde's foray into political philosophy, The Soul of Man Under Socialism; the complete essay collection Intentions; selections from The Portrait of Dorian Gray as well as its paradoxical and scandalous preface; and some of Wilde's greatest fictions for children. Each selection is accompanied by stimulating and enlightening annotations. A delight for fans of Oscar Wilde, In Praise of Disobedience will restore and revitalize an often misunderstood legacy.

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Útgefandi
Verso
ISBN
9781788730341
Print ISBN
9781784784812
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
0
Höfundar
Oscar Wilde
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2018-11-13
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
10

Kaflar

  • Cover Page
  • Halftitle Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • A Note on the Text
  • The Soul of Man under Socialism
  • Intentions
  • 1. The Decay of Lying
  • 2. Pen, Pencil and Poison
  • 3. The Critic as Artist
  • Part I: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing
  • Part II: With some remarks on the importance of discussing everything
  • 4. The Truth of Masks
  • The Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Extracts from The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • The Star Child
  • Lord Arthur Savile‚Äôs Crime