![]() ![]() ![]() For both Erica and Kitty, lying, spinning a good yarn or telling tales constitutes their chosen way of mitigating the unhappiness that results from this unwanted addition to their families. ![]() In Robin Klein's Hating Alison Ashley (1984) and Anne Fine's Goggle-eyes (1989), this grim reality comes in the form of the introduction of an alien element into the young protagonists' families: the boyfriend, and potential husband, of their mother. Lying frees the liar from the constraints of truth, moving him or her into the higher realms of deliberately-conceived art and away from the grim realities of unpolished nature. Wilde and Nietzsche posit lying as an artistic form of self-expression, done knowingly, purposefully and with attention given to form and detail. He rather lies than tells the truth it requires more spirit and will. Lying and poetry are arts-arts, as Plato saw, not unconnected with each other-and they require the most careful study, the most disinterested devotion.Ī great man-a man whom nature has constructed and invented in the grand style-what is he?. ![]()
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