Beautiful and impossible things

This selection of Oscar Wilde s writings provides a fresh perspective on his character and thinking. Compiled from his lecture tours, newspaper articles, essays and epigrams, these pieces show that beneath the trademark wit, Wilde was a deeply humane and visionary writer, as challenging today as he...

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Auteur principal : Wilde Oscar (Auteur)
Autres auteurs : Brandreth Gyles Daubeney (Éditeur scientifique)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Beautiful and impossible things / Oscar Wilde; introduced by Gyles Brandreth
Publié : Devon : Notting Hill Editions , 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXI-201 p.)
Collection : Classic collection
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Résumé : This selection of Oscar Wilde s writings provides a fresh perspective on his character and thinking. Compiled from his lecture tours, newspaper articles, essays and epigrams, these pieces show that beneath the trademark wit, Wilde was a deeply humane and visionary writer, as challenging today as he was in the late 1800s. This edition includes essays on interior design, prison reform, Shakespeare, the dramatic dialogue Decay of Lying and the seminal Soul of Man
Bibliographie : Notes bibliogr.
ISBN : 978-1-910749-06-7