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" The evolution of Wilde's wit "
Jure Gantar.
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BL
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556659
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b385344
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Jure Gantar
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The evolution of Wilde's wit\ Jure Gantar.
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First edition
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New York: NY ; Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan,, 2015.
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1137483555
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: 9781137483553
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Cover Half-Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Damp Squibs 2 Comma in the Afternoon 3 The Apparatus for Turning out
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Oscar Wilde's wit is foundational to his works, from his plays and novels to his self-defense at his trials. Through analysis of Wilde's collection of epigrams, 'Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, ' Gantar constructs a framework for a systematic analysis of the different aspects of Wilde's wit: the relevance, significance, and cogency of its thought, and the coherence, intensity, and complexity of"Oscar Wilde's wit is foundational to his works, from his plays and novels to his self-defense at his trials. Through analysis of Wilde's collection of epigrams, 'Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, ' Gantar constructs a framework for a systematic analysis of the different aspects of Wilde's wit: the relevance, significance, and cogency of its thought, and the coherence, intensity, and complexity of"Oscar Wilde's wit is foundational to his works, from his plays and novels to his self-defense at his trials. Through analysis of Wilde's collection of epigrams, 'Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, ' Gantar constructs a framework for a systematic analysis of the different aspects of Wilde's wit: the relevance, significance, and cogency of its thought, and the coherence, intensity, and complexity of",,,,"Oscarisms"; 4 Truth on a Tightrope; 5 Laws and Exceptions; 6 Expressing One's Self; 7 Summaries of All Existence; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index.
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Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
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