Stuart Mason

First published in 1908 and subtitled "A Defence of 'The Picture of Dorian Grey'."

Art and Morality (Illustrated Edition)

Oscar Wilde

During his short creative life Oscar Wilde caused controversy with almost every work he produced. To say that "The Picture of Dorian Gray" caused a sensation when it was published would be a masterpiece of understatement. This masterful study brings together an account of the turmoil that arose in literary circles upon the publication of this work of artistic imagination, & of the repercussions of this turmoil on Wilde's life. Extremely valuable for literature collections & for the study of Victorian manners & morals.

A Record of the Discussion which Followed the Publication of "Dorian Gray".

Oscar Wilde: Art & Morality

"Why do you always write poetry? Why do you not write prose? Prose is so much more difficult." These were the words of Walter Pater to Oscar Wilde on the occasion of their first meeting during the latter's undergraduate days at Oxford. Those were "days of lyrical ardours and of studious sonnet-writing," wrote Wilde, in reviewing one of Pater's books some years later, "days when one loved the exquisite intricacy and musical repetitions of the ballade, and the vilanelle with its linked long-drawn echoes and its curious completeness; days when one solemnly sought to discover the proper temper in which a triolet should be written; delightful days, in which, I am glad to say, there was far more rhyme than reason." Oscar Wilde was never a voluminous writer-"writing bores me so," he once said to Andre Gide-and at the time of which he speaks he had published little except some occasional verses in his University magazines. Then, in 1881, came his volume of collected poems, followed at intervals during the next nine or ten years by a collection of fairy stories and some essays in the leading reviews."

Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality: A Defence of the Picture of Dorian Gray

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Bibliography of Oscar Wilde

Andre Gide

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A Study

Christopher Millard

The Printed Work of Claud Lovat Fraser

Giving Particulars as to the Original Publication of Each Poem, with Variations of Readings and a Complete List of All Editions, Reprints, Translations, &c

A Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde

On the whole, an artist in England gains something by being attacked. His individuality is intensified. He becomes more completely himself. Of course, the attacks are very gross, very impertinent, and very contemptible. But then no artist expects grace from the vulgar mind, or style from the suburban intellect.

Stuart Mason

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