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Oscar Wilde emerged in late nineteenth century London as the living embodiment of the Aesthetic movement. He won fame as a dramatist, poet and novelist whose ideas on art, beauty and personal freedom formed a formidable challenge to Victorian puritanicalism. At the same time, Wilde attracted pub... | |||||
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What is Oscar Wilde known for?
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I’ve previously looked at places in Paris haunted by Hemingway, now I’m going to look at those where Oscar Wilde hung out.
Oscar Wilde died in Paris’s dingy, flea-ridden Hotel d’Alsace in N... | ||||
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The Georgian home where Oscar Wilde grew up
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Irish author
Top Questions
What is Oscar Wilde known for?
Oscar Wilde’s literary reputation rests largely on his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) and on his masterful comedies of manners Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). He was also known for his wit, his fl... | ||||
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Good evening everybody and thank you for attending my talk on Oscar Wilde and the Irish community in London. It’s always a challenge to speak to an expert audience, but I hope you will find what I’m about to share with you to be of interest, and I invite you all to ask questions or add your obser... | ||||
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I beheld my first celebrity. Not that I knew him to be celebrated, but I could see for myself his appearance was remarkable. I had been taught that it was rude to stare, but on this occasion, though I was with my mother, I could not help staring, and even feeli... | ||||
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Irish author
Top Questions
What is Oscar Wilde known for?
Oscar Wilde’s literary reputation rests largely on his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) and on his masterful comedies of manners Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). He was also known for his wit, his fl... | ||||
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“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go.”
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Born in Dublin in 1854, Oscar Wilde was the son of prominent and affluent parents; when he was nine, his father received a knighthood. Wilde’s social class would be strongly determining not only of his targets for satire, but of a casual extravagance in matters of romance that would contribute to his d... | ||||
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The Paris correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail telegraphs that Mr Oscar Wilde died yesterday at three o’clock in the Latin Quartier. He had been suffering for some time. Two days ago he became unconscious. ... | ||||
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Shortly before he died in Paris, Wilde quipped to a female friend: "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go."
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How It All Went Down
Oct 16, 1854
Oscar Wilde Born
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde is born in Dublin to Sir William and Francesca Elgee Wilde. Oscar is the second of the couple's three children, though he has three half-siblings from his father's previous relationships.
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1854: Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde born in Dublin on 16 October
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Paris, France Occupation(s): Playwright, novelist, poet
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Table of contents:
Who was Oscar Wilde?
Fast Facts
A Short Biography
Chronology of Wilde's Life
Photo Gallery (public domain photos)
Who was Oscar Wilde?
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Overview
Works in Biographical and Historical Context
Works in Literary Context
Works in Critical Context
Responses to Literature
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BORN: Dublin, Ireland, 1854
DIED: Paris, France, 1900
NATIONALITY: Irish, British
GENRE: Drama, fiction, poetry, essays
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Oscar Wilde is one of Ireland’s greatest, if not most humorous exports.
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
Author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism. In 1891, he published The Picture of Dorian Gray, his ... |