Oscar Wilde. From the Victorian Period to Aestheticism and his Greatest Plays

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Abstract from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, University of Münster, language: English, abstract: This is a summary in keywords on the topic of the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. Amongst other points, his life, the Victorian period, aestheticism, decadence, Wildes conception of criticism in "The Critic as Artist", the relationship between Art and Nature in the "Decay of Lying", "Salomé", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "The Importance of Being Earnest" and human nature in "Lady Windermeres Fan" are discussed.

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