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Intentions — Oscar Wilde

Intentions

Oscar Wilde

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 139 pages

Intentions is a collection of essays and dialogues by Oscar Wilde, first published in 1891. In these pieces he discusses art, criticism, nature, masks, and the artist's role, often through witty paradoxes. It is worth listening for Wilde's elegant style and stimulating ideas about art and life.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. INTENTIONS
  2. CONTENTS
  3. THE DECAY OF LYING: AN OBSERVATION
  4. PEN, PENCIL AND POISON A STUDY IN GREEN
  5. THE CRITIC AS ARTIST WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING NOTHING
  6. THE CRITIC AS ARTIST WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCUSSING EVERYTHING
  7. THE TRUTH OF MASKS A NOTE ON ILLUSION
  8. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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