Oscar Wilde
Written in his distinctively dazzling manner and combining aspects of a Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, Wilde forges a devastating account of the effects of evil and...
Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray ist der einzige Roman des irischen Schriftstellers Oscar Wilde. Eine erste Fassung erschien 1890 in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine aus Philadelphia, 1891 wurde bei dem Londoner Verlag Ward, Lock and Co. die heute bekannte, überarbeitete und erweiterte Fassung in Buchform veröffentlicht. Der seinerzeit als anrüchig geltende Roman war auch Gegenstand des Unzuchtprozesses gegen Wilde.
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3) De Profundis
De Profundis è una lunga lettera che Oscar Wilde scrisse, dopo essere stato processato per omosessualità, al suo compagno, Alfred Douglas, proprio durante il periodo della carcerazione.
El retrato del señor W.H., que Wilde había comenzado en 1887, fue publicado por primera vez en Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine en julio de 1889.
Es una historia corta, que relata una conversación, en la que se discute la teoría que dice que los sonetos de William Shakespeare, fueron escritos por el amor del poeta hacia el actor joven Willie Hughes. La única evidencia para esto, son dos juegos de palabras que se suponen, están dentro
...6) Intenciones
Cuatro ensayos fundamentales sobre la reflexión de crítica y estética de Oscar Wilde.
La Esfinge sin secreto es una extraña historia de amor, donde el secreto de una dama, es justamente no tener secretos. El rancio sabor gótico-romántico se filtra como en tantas otras obras del autor, así como una extraordinaria elegancia y desbordante imaginación tal como expondría en sus ensayos sobre las teorías estéticas.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince".
A beloved tale that has lasted for generations, The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde, one of the world’s greatest writers, tells the tale of a very selfish giant, his wonderful garden, the curious and playful village children, and, of course, the little child who changes the giant’s heart. A beloved classic in English literature, The Selfish Giant may be Oscar Wilde’s greatest story of redemption and forgiveness.
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...The Soul of Man under Socialism is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde, originally published in the Fortnightly Review. Wilde argues that within a capitalist system "the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism - are forced, indeed, so to spoil them." Solving the problems of capitalism, Wilde maintains, leeches an individual's talent, talent that could otherwise be used to fulfill one's potential.
...A nightingale overhears a student complaining that his professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose. The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the garden, and one of the white roses tell her that there's a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night, and sacrifice her life to do so. Seeing the student in tears, the nightingale carries
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