A Study of English Rhyme
Title | A Study of English Rhyme PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Francis Richardson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | English language |
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Intentions
Title | Intentions PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Art critics |
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The Life of Oscar Wilde
Title | The Life of Oscar Wilde PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Harris |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 3333 |
Release | 2022-11-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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"Beauty, Blissfulness & Tragedy: The Life of Oscar Wilde" is a biography of the famous Irish writer, poet and dramatist, written by his friend Frank Harris. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, Wilde became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays and poetry, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Wilde is a central figure in aesthetic writing. His controversial, open lifestyle was the reason he was charged and eventually convicted for the crime of sodomy.
The Prose of Oscar Wilde
Title | The Prose of Oscar Wilde PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | |
Pages | 726 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Prose literature |
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The Writings of Oscar Wilde
Title | The Writings of Oscar Wilde PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Wilde |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1925 |
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Best Critical Writing
Title | Best Critical Writing PDF eBook |
Author | Nora Rawn |
Publisher | Dover Publications |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2019-07-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0486826759 |
In "The Critic as Artist," Oscar Wilde declares that the critic's artistic capabilities are as important as those of the artist. Wilde's passionate defense of the aesthetics of art criticism is among the wide-ranging and thought-provoking essays of this original collection, in which noted writers discuss the role of criticism in English and American literature. Contents include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Philosophy of Composition," in which the author draws upon his most famous poem, "The Raven," to illustrate his theories on writing; Matthew Arnold's "The Study of Poetry"; and commentaries on Shakespeare's plays by Samuel Johnson and Wordsworth's poetry by William Hazlitt. Walter Pater, whose work was highly influential on the writers of the Aesthetic Movement, is represented by an essay on style. Other selections include Mark Twain's satirical "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" and the "Preface to Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman. Brief introductory notes accompany each essay.
The Nineteenth Century
Title | The Nineteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1172 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Nineteenth century |
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