Pen, painter, and poison

Author: Oscar Wilde (Ireland)
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: "He poured all his genius into life, and only his talent into his works," as Jean-Paul Sartre described Wilde in his autobiography If Seeds Don't Die. Wilde's life has always been more talked about than his works. In his works, Wilde "gave most people tearful comedy and a few people the Arabic patterns of language"; in his life, he "maintained an indestructible innocence despite his vices and misfortunes." This book weaves together the threads of Wilde's "works" and "life." It aims to present the Aestheticist who dominated the Victorian era, Oscar Wilde, and how he made an arrogant and pure interpretation of "talent" and "genius."