Oscar Wilde online
Essays and lectures.
- Art and the Handicraftsman » An essay on art - There is no opposition to beauty except ugliness: all things are either beautiful or ugly. (9 pages)
- De Profundis » A very long, intensely emotional letter written from prison at Reading Gaol to Lord Alfred Douglas – Bosie. (28 pages)
- House Decoration » A lecture on house decoration: What is the meaning of beautiful decoration which we call art? (5 pages)
- Impressions of America » Thoughts and impressions after lecture touring the United States in 1882. (4 pages)
- Lecture to Art Students » Lecture about art and beauty: Nothing is more dangerous to the young artist than any conception of ideal beauty. (6 pages)
- London Models » An essay on art models: Professional models are a purely modern invention. (5 pages)
- Miscellaneous Aphorisms » A vast collection of Wilde's aphorisms and witty one-liners. (31 pages)
- Pen, Pencil, And Poison » Essay about Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794 1847), English artist and serial poisoner. (14 pages)
- Poems in Prose » Six prose poems published in The Fortnightly Review magazine in 1894. (6 pages)
- Reviews » A collection of reviews written before Wilde's fame. (304 pages)
- Selected Prose » A collection prose writings, with a preface by Robert Ross, a Canadian journalist and art critic. (57 pages)
- Shorter Prose Pieces » Short prose collection on various topics and issues. (21 pages)
- Some Cruelties Of Prison Life » Protest letter to The Daily Chronicle, criticism of the prison system. (7 pages)
- The Critic As Artist » An essay on art written in the form of a philosophical dialogue. It contains Wilde's major aesthetic statements. (46 pages)
- The Decay Of Lying » A critical dialogue between two upper-class aesthetes. (21 pages)
- The English Renaissance of Art » Lecture on the English art, first delivered in New York, 1882. (17 pages)
- The Rise of Historical Criticism » Lengthy essay evaluating historical writings and the art of criticism. (40 pages)
- The Soul Of Man Under Socialism » An essay exploring socialism ideas. (24 pages)
- The Truth Of Masks » An essay focusing of dramatic theory. (17 pages)
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Wilde was a humourist and a humanist before everything; and his wittiest jests have neither the relentlessness nor the keenness characterising those of the clever American artist.
A comprehensive collection of Wilde's prose writings on various topics, such as art, beauty, socialism, and prison. Find essays, lectures, reviews, letters, and aphorisms by the Irish writer and wit.
"Essays and Lectures" by Oscar Wilde is a collection of critical essays and public lectures that was likely written during the late 19th century. The work reflects Wilde's sharp wit and keen observations on a variety of topics, including art, criticism, and societal norms.
the keynote of Wilde’s critical writings, too, even those among them not explicitly written in the form of the dialogue. Perhaps the most straightforward and seemingly earnest of his essays, “The Truth of Masks,” for instance, ends tongue-in-cheek with the essayist de-claring, “not that I agree with everything I have said in this essay.
Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose enduring fame rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
" The Critic as Artist " is an essay by Oscar Wilde, containing the most extensive statements of his aesthetic philosophy. A dialogue in two parts, it is by far the longest one included in his collection of essays titled Intentions published on 1 May 1891.