One character in this work claims "Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world" but that "in England it is not catching," causing another to accuse him of hypocrisy because he wants to stay inside and write.
One character in this work claims "Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world" but that "in England it is not catching," causing another to accuse him of hypocrisy because he wants to stay inside and write. The former calls Meredith's work "chaos illumined by flashes of lightning," contrasts Balzac's "imaginative reality" to Zola's "unimaginative realism," and claims America has ironically been done irreparable harm by the story of Washington's cherry tree and its moral of (*) honesty, because that story is "an absolute myth." That character also asserts that Art only expresses itself, and that Life should imitate Art far more than Art imitates Life. For 10 points, name this dialogue between Cyril and Vivian about the necessity of prevarication, written by Oscar Wilde.
One character in this work claims "Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world" but that "in England it is not catching," causing another to accuse him of hypocrisy because he wants to stay inside and write.
“The {Decay} of {Lying}”