| Oscar Wilde |
| The rebel and the Dandy |
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| • | Wilde totally
adopted “the aesthetic ideal” and affirmed: “my life is like a |
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| work of art” |
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| • | The double role
of rebel and dandy |
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| • | The Wildean dandy
is an aristocrat |
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| • | Wilde’s main
interests were beautiful
clothes, good conversation, |
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| delicious
food and handsome boys |
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| The concept of “Art for
Art’s Sake” |
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| • | “Art as the cult
of beauty” |
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| • | Wilde prceived
the artist as an alien in a
materialistic world |
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| • | Superior being
turned into an outcast |
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