AESTHETICISM
ITALY ENGLAND
GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO
OSCAR WILDE
poet/novelist/playwright
poet/novelist/playwright
his greatest play his greatest play
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La figlia di Iorio 1904 The importance of being Earnest 1895
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Anti-conformist spirit
Foppish way of dressing
Influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite
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Aesthetic ideal
Life is a creative act closely intertwined with art
The artist is beyond moral conventions
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Art is an absolute value. It is the supreme form of life
My life is like a work of art
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D'Annunzio Il Piacere Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
1889 1891
translated in English as
The Child of Pleasure
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