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Oscar Wilde
February 14, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Reviving the Brilliant Short Stories of Saki
A new play by Katherine Rundell enacts the absurd, vicious tales of the Edwardian writer.
January 15, 2015
David M. Friedman
Henry James Thought Oscar Wilde Was a Talentless Self-Promoter. Here's What Happened When The Two Met.
October 17, 2014
David M. Friedman
Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman Once Spent an Afternoon Together. Here's What Happened.
October 16, 2014
George Woodcock
In Praise of Oscar Wilde's Brilliant Wit, Sparkling Conversation, and Daring Genius
October 16, 2013
George Woodcock
Was Oscar Wilde's Outlandish Personality More Influential Than His Writing?
December 6, 1954
July 22, 2002
Rochelle Gurstein
The Mystic Smile
Why the Mona Lisa remains one of the most famous paintings in the world
November 16, 1997
Frank Kermode
Millions of Strange Shadows

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