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5. Oscar Wilde Wilde is well known for plays like "The Importance of Being Earnest." Less so for his essay "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." https://t.co/NIOQw5B6Xm https://t.co/g1LtKlxVfH
Quotes from the writings of the literary and religious critic, Harold Bloom. Help support my work on this page: https://t.co/x98imNXJMu
[Oscar Wilde] is a brilliant critical thinker in the tradition of his mentors, John Ruskin and Walter Pater. Three of his essays have influenced me profoundly: “The Critic as Artist,” “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” and “The Decay of Lying.”
Rachel Vorona Cote is a writer and book critic.
On a related note: Essay revisions have sent me back to Oscar Wilde’s essay “The Soul of Man Under Socialism.” In some ways it’s a peculiar piece of writing, and he seems to not *quite* understand the docility oft-yielded by systemic oppression, but mostly it is absolute fire: https://t.co/8gb5JvhqVA