Oscar Wilde's Essays and Fairy Tales: Aesthetic Morality

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dc.contributor.advisor	Franssen, P.J.C.M.
dc.contributor.author	Wijngaart, K. van den
dc.date.accessioned	2012-09-28T17:01:10Z
dc.date.available	2012-09-28
dc.date.available	2012-09-28T17:01:10Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/11696
dc.description.abstract	MA Thesis on Oscar Wilde's aestheticism as displayed in his essays The Decay of Lying, The Critic as Artist and The Soul of Man Under Socialism. The research presents an analysis of Wilde's aestheticism, which argues against morality and Christianity, and then uses this analysis for a research on Wilde's fairy tales The Devoted Friend, The Happy Prince and The Fisherman and His Soul as the genre conventions of fairy tales dictate that a moral should be contained within. The research shows that Wilde presents a philosophy that argues for aesthetic morality.
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Oscar Wilde's Essays and Fairy Tales: Aesthetic Morality
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	Oscar, Wilde, aestheticism, fairy tale, essays, literature critique
dc.subject.courseuu	Literatuur en cultuurkritiek