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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death
Oscar Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals Their son became fluent in French and German early in life At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new English Renaissance in Art, and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most wellknown personalities of his day
At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London
At the of his fame and success, while his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde had the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, prosecuted for libel, a charge carrying a penalty of up to two years in prison The trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency with other men After two more trials he was convicted and imprisoned for two years' hard labour In prison he wrote De Profundis (written in 1897 & published in 1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life He died destitute in Paris at the age of fortysix
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İngilizce Oscar Wilde Hayatı
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death
Oscar Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals Their son became fluent in French and German early in life At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new English Renaissance in Art, and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most wellknown personalities of his day
At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London
At the of his fame and success, while his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde had the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, prosecuted for libel, a charge carrying a penalty of up to two years in prison The trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency with other men After two more trials he was convicted and imprisoned for two years' hard labour In prison he wrote De Profundis (written in 1897 & published in 1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life He died destitute in Paris at the age of fortysix
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