{"product_id":"oscar-wilde-the-double-image-the-double-image-9780921689423","title":"Oscar Wilde: The Double Image: The Double Image","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOscar Wilde was seemingly drawn towards many paradoxes: paganism and Christianity; to be a playboy or a prophet; or to be an aesthetic clown or the creative critic. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Woodcock takes us through this double image of the celebrated personality and writer and attempts to resolve the contradictions. Wilde was influenced by Walter Pater and the Epicureans, John Ruskin's theories on Art, and also by his severe criticisms of the Industrial Revolution, and by the writings of Chuang Tzu, the ancient Chinese Taoist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was also drawn to Jesus trying bravely to fit him into his growing asymmetrical system. The Wilde\/Queensborough 'scandal' trial is not much discussed here, but the resultant works are De Profundis, the letter to Lord Douglas, erstwhile lover, and nemesis; The Ballad of Reading Gaol, that heartrending cry of pain from the universal prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paradox: this is the same man who wrote frothy plays like The Importance of Being Earnest and the manifesto, The Souls of Man Under Socialism, which is included in this book, a work that socialists do not take seriously because they have difficulty envisioning a non-authoritarian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOscar Wilde could. In reality, he expressed an anarchist, individualist vision, straight, thus coming close to unraveling his own, and our paradox.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Woodcock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780921689423\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Woodcock (1912-1995)--award-winning poet, author, essayist, and widely known as a literary journalist and historian--published more than 90 titles on history, biography, philosophy, poetry and literary criticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Rose Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40247200186483,"sku":"092168942X","price":46.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_175fa43f-d9b3-480f-a924-cffc201b0870.jpg?v=1657378530","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/oscar-wilde-the-double-image-the-double-image-9780921689423","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}