Cosmopolitan Criticism Oscar Wilde's Philosophy of Art |
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| Author:
| Brown, J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-1728-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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Exploring the philosophical significance of Oscar Wilde's life and work, this text places him in the continental continuum of aesthetic philosophy from Kant through Nietzsche to Adorno. The author attempts to define Wilde's concept of what art is and is not, and its relation to the everyday.
Exploring the philosophical significance of Oscar Wilde's life and work, this text places him in the continental continuum of aesthetic philosophy from Kant through Nietzsche to Adorno. The author attempts to define Wilde's concept of what art is and is not, and its relation to the everyday.