Oscar Wilde’s Escape from the Culture of Death

“We are all in the gutter,” says Lord Darlington in Oscar Wilde’s play, Lady Windermere’s Fan, “but some of us are looking at the stars.” These words, spoken by a fictional character in a comedy written for the stage, are nonetheless applicable to all of us. We are all in the gutter, but only some of us are looking at the stars. Many of us are face down in the gutter without any interest in the…

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