Essays and Lectures
Essays and Lectures, published in 1908 after Oscar Wilde's death, gathers pieces that he had not himself chosen to reprint. It opens with The Rise of Historical Criticism, a long essay from his Oxford days on the Greek and Roman historians, then collects his lectures on art and decoration, including The English Renaissance of Art, given during his American lecture tour of 1882, House Decoration, Art and the Handicraftsman and his Lecture to Art Students, along with a magazine article on London artists' models. It closes with his six Poems in Prose, short parables such as The Artist, The Doer of Good and The House of Judgment. Together they show the formation of Wilde's aesthetic ideas. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first essay is free.
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