http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/daisy-miller Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:56:58 -0400 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:56:58 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/537/comparing-oscar-wildes-the-importance-of-being-earnest-and-henry-james-daisy-miller By Jack D. Nicholls - Significantly, the example the dictionary gives of 'style's use in this manner is from a nineteenth century art scholar, Fuseli. In his essay “The Decay of Lying”, where Wilde briefly outlines many of his Aesthetic beliefs that inform his writing, he arrives at this final doctrine: 'Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art' (87). Before arriving at this conclusion, he argues at great length that beauty achieved through expression in Fuselian style over realism ('as a method Realism is a complete failure' [86]). Here he offers the 'case of the English... Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:16 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/537/comparing-oscar-wildes-the-importance-of-being-earnest-and-henry-james-daisy-miller