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- catalog abstract "What were Wilde's intentions? They had always been suspect, from the time of Poems, when the charge was plagiarism, to his trials, when the charge was sodomy. In Intentions (1891), the book on which his claim as a theoretical critic chiefly lies, and in two related essays, 'The Portrait of Mr W.H., and 'The Soul of Man Under Socialism', Wilde's epigrammatic dazzle and paradoxical subversions both reveal and mask his designs upon fin-de-siecle society. In the first extended study of Wilde's criticism, Lawrence Danson examines these essays/dialogues/fictions (unsettling the categories was one of their intentions) and assesses their achievement. Danson sets Wilde's criticism in context. He shows how the son of an Irish patriot sought to create a new ideal of English culture by elevating 'lies' above history, levelling the distinction between artist and critic, and ending the sway of 'nature' over liberated human desire.".
- catalog contributor b10246643.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. Intentions -- 2. 'The Decay of Lying' -- 3. 'The Truth of Masks' -- 4. 'Pen, Pencil, and Poison' -- 5. 'The Portrait of Mr W.H.' -- 6. 'The Critic as Artist' -- 7. 'The Soul of Man Under Socialism'.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and index.".
- catalog description "What were Wilde's intentions? They had always been suspect, from the time of Poems, when the charge was plagiarism, to his trials, when the charge was sodomy. In Intentions (1891), the book on which his claim as a theoretical critic chiefly lies, and in two related essays, 'The Portrait of Mr W.H., and 'The Soul of Man Under Socialism', Wilde's epigrammatic dazzle and paradoxical subversions both reveal and mask his designs upon fin-de-siecle society. In the first extended study of Wilde's criticism, Lawrence Danson examines these essays/dialogues/fictions (unsettling the categories was one of their intentions) and assesses their achievement. Danson sets Wilde's criticism in context. He shows how the son of an Irish patriot sought to create a new ideal of English culture by elevating 'lies' above history, levelling the distinction between artist and critic, and ending the sway of 'nature' over liberated human desire.".
- catalog extent "ix, 198 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0198183755".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "828/.809 20".
- catalog subject "PR5824 .D36 1996".
- catalog subject "Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Intentions -- 2. 'The Decay of Lying' -- 3. 'The Truth of Masks' -- 4. 'Pen, Pencil, and Poison' -- 5. 'The Portrait of Mr W.H.' -- 6. 'The Critic as Artist' -- 7. 'The Soul of Man Under Socialism'.".
- catalog title "Wilde's intentions : the artist in his criticism / Lawrence Danson.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".