The Decay of Lying: And Other Essays
by
Oscar Wilde
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0141192658
ISBN-13
9780141192659
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 2010
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
250 grams
Dimensions
20.40 x 14.40 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary essays
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Calling on diverse examples from Ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings, this title creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only art worth loving is that built on complete untruths.
In ''The Decay of Lying'' Oscar Wilde uses his decadent ideology in an attempt to reverse and therefore reject his audiences'' ''normal'' conceptualizations of nature, art and morality. Wilde''s views of life and art are illustrated through the use of Platonic dialogue where the character Vivian takes on the persona of Wilde. Wilde''s goal is to subvert the norm by reversing its values. Wilde suggests to us that society is wrong, not him. Calling on diverse examples - from Ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings - Oscar Wilde''s brilliant essay creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only Art worth loving is that built on complete untruths.
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