I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation: And Other Quotations from Oscar Wilde
Lovingly compiled by Karl Beckson from Oscar Wilde's plays, novels, essays, short fiction, and letters, I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation contains more than 1, 000 examples of Wilde's famously pithy wit. All the familiar barbs are here--"Work is the curse of the drinking classes of this country"--as well as arch indictments of his age's prevailing style and mores. But the book contains more poignant examples of Wilde's bon mots as well--for instance, these lines on his own imprisonment: "This too I know--and wise it were/If each could know the same--/That every prison that men build/Is built with bricks of shame, /And bound with bars lest Christ should see/How men their brothers maim. " Each entry includes a source citation, making this an excellent entry point for those unfamiliar with Wilde's work--and a pleasing interlude with an old friend for longtime Wilde fans. Author(s): Karl E. Beckson Oscar Wilde. Binding Hardcover. Publisher(s): Columbia University Press. Label: Columbia University Press.
| Fabricant: | Columbia University Press |
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| Prix le plus bas (CAD): | 19,03 $ |
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| Auteur : | Karl E. Beckson |
| Catégories de référence : | Quotations |
| Format : | Hardcover |
| Marque : | Columbia University Press |
| Title : | Title F-I |
