TY  - BOOK
AU  - Desjardins,D.D.
TI  - Oscar Wilde and the Art of Lying
SN  - 9781527524149
AV  - PR5824 .O833 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Wilde, Oscar,
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Intro; Contents; Preface; Oscar Wilde and the Art of Lying; 2; b
N2  - Utilizing Wilde's own characters ""Vivian"" and ""Cyril,"" this critique in play format begins by discussing the playwright's ideas on the relation of Art to Life, exploring his pronouncements on the artist's true purpose. Wilde's statement about the artist as a ""creator of beauty"", found in his ""Preface to the Picture of Dorian Gray"", is then examined with regard to his last and most popular play, The Importance of Being Earnest. Discussing ...Earnest in extensis, this book discovers whether the elegant artificiality and epigrammatic conceits of contemporary farce prevail as beauty per Wi
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