subtle way, as would be appropriate for the clever playwright. The self-referential characters and related plots were a large support for the interpretation of Wildes emotions through his plays, but the subtler use of self-referential attitudes and related themes was the true voice of Wildes inner self. Perhaps every work of art chooses some way to express--and therefore imitate, in some fashion--the life of the artist, just as Wilde imitated himself in his deceptive art. ...
