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Who writes like he does? I suspect that he's really an individual.

>> No.18714670

>>18714666
Stephen Morrissey

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>>18714666
Try some Walter Pater

>> No.18715610

>>18715600
https://voca.ro/16Mud4fvK5oC :3

>> No.18715625

Wilde's prose was heavily influenced by Poe

>> No.18715965

>>18715625
testicles

>> No.18715967

>>18715965
testicles pt 2

>> No.18715973

>>18715967
testicles part three: the jiggly jubilee

>> No.18715976

>>18714666
Twain and Swift get close to the acerbic cut, but Wilde's wit is singular as far as I've read.

>> No.18717206

>>18714666
I find him to be one of a kind; the way he combines prose and wit is unique.

>> No.18717276

>>18714666
As Butterfly said, Walter Pater, sort of. Wilde copied his lapidary elegance but added the flashy crowd-pleasing witticisms. If you like Pater, you might try Thomas De Quincey. He's sort of half-way between them, I think (more humour than Pater).

If you like Wilde's predilection for paradox you might find Chesterton scratches the same itch, although in terms of underlying morality, they're poles apart.

>> No.18717644

>>18714666
>I suspect that he's really an individual.
What a fucking banal observation. Dumbass.

>> No.18717886

>>18714666
Oliver St.John Gogarty. Was also tutored by Mahaffy and replaced Wilde in London when he went over for a year. His novels are rare to find but have the best examples of wit and conversation you could hope for