Complex truth from simple beauty: Oscar Wilde’s philosophy of art
In this thesis I analyse a selection of the works of playwright, poet, novelist and essayist, Oscar Wilde, with the purpose of interpreting his philosophy of art. The thesis interprets Wilde’s philosophy of art as embodying a dialectical relationship, in the Hegelian sense, between the aesthetic, se...
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Curtin University
2014
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| description | In this thesis I analyse a selection of the works of playwright, poet, novelist and essayist, Oscar Wilde, with the purpose of interpreting his philosophy of art. The thesis interprets Wilde’s philosophy of art as embodying a dialectical relationship, in the Hegelian sense, between the aesthetic, sensual experience of art, and the cognitive contemplation of the artwork. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-1952017-02-20T06:42:04Z Complex truth from simple beauty: Oscar Wilde’s philosophy of art Lynch, Liam Joseph In this thesis I analyse a selection of the works of playwright, poet, novelist and essayist, Oscar Wilde, with the purpose of interpreting his philosophy of art. The thesis interprets Wilde’s philosophy of art as embodying a dialectical relationship, in the Hegelian sense, between the aesthetic, sensual experience of art, and the cognitive contemplation of the artwork. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/195 en Curtin University fulltext |
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| title | Complex truth from simple beauty: Oscar Wilde’s philosophy of art |
| title_full | Complex truth from simple beauty: Oscar Wilde’s philosophy of art |
| title_fullStr | Complex truth from simple beauty: Oscar Wilde’s philosophy of art |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complex truth from simple beauty: Oscar Wilde’s philosophy of art |
| title_short | Complex truth from simple beauty: Oscar Wilde’s philosophy of art |
| title_sort | complex truth from simple beauty: oscar wilde’s philosophy of art |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/195 |