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Oscar Wilde's plagiarism; the triumph of art over ego.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Oscar Wilde's plagiarism; the triumph of art over ego.

Tufescu, Florina.

Irish Academic Press

2008

198 pages

$55.00

Hardcover

PR5824

Tufescu (lecturer, Dalarna U. College, Sweden) examines the well-established and common literary tradition of plagiarism as it relates to the writings of Irish poet, playwright, and novelist Oscar Wilde. Noting that Wilde plagiarized openly and was loudly criticized and condemned for the practice, the author argues that such accusations are not plausible in today's literary climate. The attitude ...

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