Tag Archives: Oscar Wilde

goncourt recollections

…As it turned out, however, it was none of these things that rescued the Goncourts from “oblivion.” It was, rather, their Journals — the scandalous, vain, vengeful, brutally honest diaries in which the two brothers, and then Edmond alone, wrote … Continue reading

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the wilde bunch

by Art Chantry: oscar wilde’s gravestone. noted without comment… any ideas on who designed it? there was an amazingly beautiful mausoleum in a cemetery in st.louis that was designed by louis sullivan (for a mistress of a local beer baron.) … Continue reading

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give a little

It seems that all economics of poverty in the market system, whether capitalism or communism there exists a stratification of money or privilege. And within economics, particularly the Western version, charity is considered an elective, though praiseworthy act since poverty … Continue reading

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distrusting the utopian prophets

Its an odd way to define oneself: a tory anarchist. Maybe for max Beerbohm it was a reaction to the times; a refuge in this tidal wave of elitist white racist socialism that was so popularized by the likes of … Continue reading

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shapes of things

Toward the middle of the 1890’s H.G. Wells began writing reviews, articles and stories. But he was not consciously starting a literary career. After all, he was a science instructor. But, an illness forced him out of teaching, and he … Continue reading

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matters of taste and waste

Artistic dependency on money? Art as a cash crop, growing money and not the fertility of artistic endeavor. The effects of urban , cosmopolitan culture on the arts probably stretched back to the Renaissance, but it may have been Watteau … Continue reading

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A toast to dorian gray

Is our post-modern condition characterized by an instilling of youthfulness into an ancient world. A rejuvenation of creaky old bones. Baudelaire wrote of youth as a sort of priesthood, at least according to the young. Youth is a fetish, a … Continue reading

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he was not a she: sublimation of desire

Great Shakes. The Shakespeare industry. A large thriving occupation keeping out literature departments on the cutting edge of world leadership. Mix that with the present trend for “authenticity” a search for the genuine and we have the makings of a … Continue reading

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help

George Takei:A fan’s suggested alternate title. But Viola Davis was still sublime, IMHO. Oscar Wilde: Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilisation. Slavery was put down in America, not in consequence of any action … Continue reading

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safe harbor for captain broke

Mitt Romney under siege for not having the common touch. For not paying sufficient taxes. For not appearing to have any interest in the poor and their sort. There is a tug of war between what economist Schumpeter termed the … Continue reading

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