 |
|
 |
 |
 |
DRAMATISTS > playwright, novelist > Oscar Wilde
In his very...
Vendor: DRAMATISTS
In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded. . . . He stands apart, and the chief value of his work is in its prophecy, not in its performance.
Source: Review of Whitman, November Boughs, in Pall Mall Gazette (London, 25 Jan. 1889).
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.