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Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and at Magdalen College, Oxford, and settled in London, where he married Constance Lloyd in 1884. In the literary world of Victorian London, Wilde fell in with an artistic crowd that included W. B. Yeats, the great Irish poet, and Lillie ...
Oscar Wilde was a nineteenth-century Irish poet and playwright, one of the most influential and celebrated. Associated with the Aesthetic Movement, he connected to the visual arts of his time, especially via Whistler and Ruskin.
Jul 8, 2021 · One of the most popular and controversial literary figures of the 19th century, Oscar Wilde was a celebrated playwright, poet and novelist, famous for his satire and sharp wit. He was an unconventional figure of his day, well known for his colourful and flamboyant style both in prose and in dress. In his time he caused quite a stir, with some ...
1854: Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde born in Dublin on 16 October. 1864-71: Studies at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen. 1871: Begins studying Classics at Trinity College, Dublin. 1874: Begins studying Classics at Magdalen College, Oxford. 1878: Wins Newdigate Prize for his poem ‘Ravenna’, takes BA degree.
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary. The Picture of Dorian Gray, moral fantasy novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, published in an early form in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine in 1890. The novel, the only one written by Wilde, had six additional chapters when it was released as a book in 1891. The work, an archetypal tale of a young man.
Oscar Wilde, Irish wit, poet, and dramatist who was a spokesman for the late 19th-century Aesthetic movement that advocated art for art’s sake.
May 18, 2018 · Wilde, Oscar (1854–1900) (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and wit. He wrote one novel, The Picture of Dorian Grey (1891), but most characteristic of his gift for dramatizing serious issues with epigrammatic wit are his plays, which include Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895), and his masterpiece The ...
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