In 'The Decay of Lying' Oscar Wilde uses his decadent ideology in an attempt to reverse and therefore reject his audiences' 'normal' conceptualizations of nature, art and morality. Wilde's views of life and art are illustrated through the use of Platonic dialogue where the character Vivian takes on the persona of Wilde. Wilde's goal is to subvert the norm by reversing its values. Wilde suggests to us that society is wrong, not him. Calling on diverse examples - from Ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings - Oscar Wilde's brilliant essay creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only Art worth loving is that built on complete untruths
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Перу английского писателя, публициста и журналиста Артура Конан Дойла принадлежат исторические, приключенческие, фантастические романы и труды по спиритизму, но в мировую литературу он вошел как создатель самого Великого Сыщика всех времен и народов - Шерлока Холмса • Благородный и бесстрашный борец со Злом, обладатель острого ума и необыкновенной наблюдательности, с помощью своего дедуктивного метода сыщик решает самые запутанные головоломки, зачастую спасая этим человеческие жизни. Он гениально перевоплощается, обладает актерским даром и умеет поставить эффектную точку в конце каждого блестяще проведенного им расследования. Неутомимый Шерлок Холмс и его легко увлекающийся друг доктор Ватсон дороги сердцу читателей всего мира • В этот сборник входят двадцать три избранных рассказа о Шерлоке Холмсе
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Tales of Adventure and Medical Life, one of the collections Arthur Conan Doyle published at the end of his career, anthologizes some of his best short fiction outside of the Sherlock Holmes canon. As well as various tales of escapades in Egypt, London and the far-flung regions of northern Scotland, he included stories which deal with a subject that, as a physician himself, he had a unique perspective on: the medical profession • London surgeons and country doctors, male and female, are described as they deal with business and sentimental issues and encounter incredible situations – both comic and tragic. Conan Doyle displays his dazzling storytelling talents while providing a fascinating glimpse into his profession and times • Contains: ‘The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce’, ‘The Surgeon of Gaster Fell’, ‘Borrowed Scene’, ‘The Man from Archangel’, ‘The Great Brown-Pericord Motor’, ‘The Sealed Room’, ‘A Physiologist’s Wife’, ‘Behind the Times’, ‘His First Operation’, ‘The Third Generation’, ‘The Curse of Eve’, ‘A Medical Document’, ‘The Surgeon Talks’, ‘The Doctors of Holyland’, ‘Crabbe’s Practice’
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