In "The Journalism of Oscar Wilde," readers are invited into the vibrant world of one of the most celebrated literary figures of the late 19th century. This collection showcases Wilde's sharp wit and profound insights, articulated through a variety of journalistic genres, from critiques of art and culture to reflections on society and its moral dilemmas. Employing a distinctive literary style characterized by epigrammatic brevity and flamboyant prose, Wilde navigates the complexities of Victorian society, intertwining aestheticism with biting social commentary. The essays reveal not only Wilde's masterful command of language but also his deep engagement with the pressing issues of his time, such as class disparity and the nature of beauty. Oscar Wilde, born in 1854 in Dublin, was a central figure in the Aesthetic Movement, advocating for 'art for art's sake.' His diverse experiences, from his classical education at Trinity College Dublin to his flamboyant reputation in London's elite circles, undoubtedly shaped his perspective on art and society. These influences culminated in his journalistic endeavor, allowing him to challenge the moralistic conventions of his day while advocating for artistic freedom and personal expression. This anthology is highly recommended for those interested in the intersections between literature, journalism, and social critique. Wilde's journalism offers an essential glimpse into the thoughts of a master provocateur, providing contemporary readers with a lens to understand not only his own tumultuous era but also our own. Whether you're a scholar of Wilde or a curious newcomer, this collection is a testament to his brilliance and an invigorating exploration of the power of words.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Marcus Aurelius, Jane Austen, Beaumarchais, Napoleon Bonaparte, Buddha, Winston Churchill, Cicero, Confucius, Nicolas de Chamfort, Charles de Gaulle, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Denis Diderot, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anne Frank, Mahatma Gandhi, Immanuel Kant, Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Luther King, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Abraham Lincoln, Montesquieu, Friedrich Nietzsche, Plato, Marcel Proust, Arthur Schopenhauer, William Shakespeare, Socrates, Baruch Spinoza, Henry David Thoreau, Leonardo da Vinci, Voltaire, Oscar Wilde, Lao Zi
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Walt Whitman, Herman Hesse, George Eliot, Kahlil Gibran, Anton Chekhov, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, James Joyce, Henry David Thoreau, William Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, John Keats, Charles Baudelaire, Walter Scott, Daniel Defoe, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Leo Tolstoy, Benito Pérez Galdós, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, R.D. Blackmore, Alexandre Dumas, Marcel Proust, D. H. Lawrence, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Guy de Maupassant, Princess Der Ling, Victor Hugo, Juan Valera, Anthony Trollope, Stephen Crane, E. M. Forster, Theodore Dreiser, Margaret Cavendish, Upton Sinclair, Plato, Apuleius, Marcus Aurelius, Sun Tzu, Voltaire, Miguel de Cervantes, Giovanni Boccaccio, Frederick Douglass, Sigmund Freud, H. A. Lorentz, Wallace D. Wattles, James Allen, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, H. P. Lovecraft, Washington Irving, Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, L. Frank Baum, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Selma Lagerlöf, Jack London, Jules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw, Soseki Natsume, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen
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Napoleon Hill, Steve Jobs, Lao Tzu, Sam Levenson, Winston Churchill, George Eliot, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Buddha, Norman Vincent Peale, John D. Rockefeller, Oscar Wilde, Elon Musk, Mahatma Gandhi, Stephen King, Vincent Van Gogh, Andrew Carnegie, Paulo Coelho, Muhammad Ali
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Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Mark Twain, Leo Tolstoy, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Oscar Wilde, Kate Chopin
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