Impressions of America
Impressions of America

Impressions of America

Impressions of AmericaOscar Wilde visited America in the year 1882. Interest in the sthetic School, of which...
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Author: Wilde, Oscar,1854-1900
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Impressions of America

Impressions of America

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Impressions of America

Impressions of America

$103.62 $51.78
Author: Wilde, Oscar,1854-1900
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Impressions of America

Oscar Wilde visited America in the year 1882. Interest in the sthetic School, of which he was already the acknowledged master, had sometime previously spread to the United States, and it is said that the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Patience,[1] in which he and his disciples were held up to ridicule, determined him to pay a visit to the States to give some lectures explaining what he meant by stheticism, hoping thereby to interest, and possibly to instruct and elevate our transatlantic cousins. He set sail on board the Arizona on Saturday, December 24th, 1881, arriving in New York early in the following year. On landing he was bombarded by journalists eager to interview the distinguished stranger. Punch, in its issue of January 14th, in a happy vein, parodied these interviewers, the most amusing passage in which referred to His Glorious Past, wherein Wilde was made to say, PreciselyI took the Newdigate. Oh! no doubt, every year some man gets the Newdigate; but not every year does Newdigate get an Oscar. At Omaha, where, under the auspices of the Social Art Club, Wilde delivered a lecture on Decorative Art, he described his impressions of many American houses as being illy designed, decorated shabbily, and in bad taste, filled with furniture that was not honestly made, and was out of character. This statement gave rise to the following verses: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 41806
Author: Wilde, Oscar
Release Date: Jan 9, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Mason, Stuart, 1872-1927

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