THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
by Leah Dizon
Price: $8.99 USD. 11610 words.
Published on December 12, 2011. Essay.
Oscar Wilde was the master of the studied insult. His jabs at hypocrisy, pretense and boring conventionality still have a penetrating power. His snubs and put-downs became the talk of his time, no less by his targets than by Wilde himself