The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose
$18.98
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
30 August 2001
Summary
New selection with introduction, suggestions for further reading, and full explanatory notes.
Selection includes:
- The Portrait of Mr W.H.
- Wilde’s defence of Dorian Gray
- Reviews
- Writings from ‘Intentions’ (1891): ‘The Decay of Lying’, ‘Pen, Pencil, Poison’, and ‘The Critic as Artist’.
Wilde is familiar to us as the ironic critic behind the social comedies, as the creator of the beautiful and doomed Dorian Gray, as the flamboyant a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140433876 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140433872 |
| Author: | Oscar Wilde, Linda Dowling |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Oscar Wilde
Born in Ireland, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wilde (1854-1900) was educated in Dublin and Oxford and went on to become the leading and most prominent exponent of aestheticism. He wrote many plays, a novel, short stories, poetry and criticism. Imprisoned for homosexual acts, he died after his release in exile in Paris.
Linda Dowling is Professor of English at Princeton.
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