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Art, criticism, and the self : at play in the works of Oscar WildePunchard, Tracy Kathleen 05 1900 (has links)
This thesis explores the works of Oscar Wilde as they articulate and model an
aesthetic of play. I show that Wilde distinguishes between true and false forms--or what I
call models and anti-models--of play in a number of areas: art, criticism, and society,
language, thought, and culture, self and other.
My introduction establishes a context for the cultural value of play in the
nineteenth century. I survey the ideas of Friedrich Schiller, who treats play in the
aesthetic realm; Matthew Arnold, who discusses Criticism as a free play of the mind;
Herbert Spencer, who explores play in the context of evolution; and Johan Huizinga, who
analyses play in its social context. In my three chapters on Wilde's critical essays, I draw
upon their ideas to describe Wilde's philosophy of play and examine how the form of
Wilde's critical essays illuminates his aesthetic. My first chapter explores models and
anti-models of play in Art, as they are described by Vivian in "The Decay of Lying." By
exploring the role of "lying" in its aesthetic rather ethical context, Vivian demonstrates
the value of the play-spirit for the development of culture. My second chapter discusses
models and anti-models of play in Criticism as they are described by Gilbert in "The
Critic as Artist." By refashioning the traditions of nineteenth-century criticism, Gilbert
presents his own model of criticism as an aesthetic activity and demonstrates the role of
the play-spirit in the development of the individual and the race. My third chapter relates
models and anti-models of play in art, criticism, and social life to the modes of self-realization
described by Wilde in "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." I take up Wilde's
well-known paradox, that Socialism is a means of realizing Individualism, by showing
how Wilde plays with these terms in an aesthetic rather than a political context. In the
remaining chapters I read Wilde's fictional and dramatic texts in light of his aesthetics
and treat the characters as models and anti-models of the play-spirit. In The Picture of
Dorian Gray, I take the measure of play, not morality, as a guide for interpretation. In
this reading Lord Henry Wotton is the novel's critic as artist, while Dorian Gray, with his
literal-mindedness, his imitative instinct, and his ruthless narcissism, fails to achieve the
aesthetic disinterestedness that characterizes true play. My sixth chapter traces themes
related to play—game, ceremony, and performance—in Wilde's Society Comedies to
demonstrate how these plays both reflect and critique the spectacle of Society and the
conventions of nineteenth-century melodrama. My thesis concludes with The Importance
of Being Earnest as it presents a culmination of Wilde's play-spirit and his playful
linguistic strategies. I show how both the form and content of Earnest model the
paradoxical ideal of play itself—that through play we may realize the experience of being
at one with ourselves and on good terms with the world.
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Archbishop Oscar Romero pastor and defender of the poor /Cid, Celia, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.T.S.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1993. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-74).
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Suffering soldiers the theological methods of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and liberation theologians /Yu, Richard. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [46]-47).
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The new Hellenism : Oscar Wilde and ancient Greece /Ross, Iain, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2008. / Supervisor: Dr John Sloan. Bibliography: leaves 290-300.
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The moral vision of Oscar WildeCohen, Philip K., January 1900 (has links)
Based on the author's dissertation. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-279) and index.
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Suffering soldiers the theological methods of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and liberation theologians /Yu, Richard. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [46]-47).
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Reflected selves : representations of male homosexuality in Wilde, Gide, Genet and White /Lee, Wai-sum, Amy. January 1995 (has links)
Thesis (M. Phil. 95)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 160-170).
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Mirroring masculinity violence in the Victorian double /Guarino, Samantha. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Villanova University, 2009. / English Dept. Includes bibliographical references.
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Identity extremes : the autobiographical impulse of Oscar Acosta and Richard Rodriguez /Guajardo, Paul S. January 1995 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1995. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [228]-248).
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The moral vision of Oscar WildeCohen, Philip K., January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1975. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: leaves 315-328.
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