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This study shows how impressionism shapes Oscar Wilde's early poems. Their stylistic virtuosity reveals Wilde's attention to form.

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This examination of Oscar Wilde's early poetry provides insight into how it exemplifies late nineteenth-century aesthetics.

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This page is a summary of: "A Matter of Style": Form, Colour, and Sound in Oscar Wilde's Poetic Impressions, Victorian Review, January 2017, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/vcr.2017.0036.
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