'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life'
The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic as Artist', are Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most profound writings on aesthetics, in which he proposes that criticism is the highest form of creation and that lying, the telling of a beautiful untruth, is the ultimate aim of art.
One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.
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- Authors:
- Wilde, Oscar
- Year Published:
- 2020
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780241472453
- Number of Pages:
- 144
- Publication Date:
- 24/09/2020
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Series:
- Penguin Great Ideas
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780241472453