Oscar Wilde, Woman
OSCAR WILDE - Biography
Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, a number of poems, short stories, and essays. He was born on October the 16th, 1894 in Dublin to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane. Oscar 's mother, Lady Jane Francesca Wilde was a successful poet and journalist also (Gregory Brdnik 2012). Oscar had an elder brother, Willie, and a younger sister, Isola Francesca, who died at the early age of 10. Wilde educated himself in Trinity College, Dublin and also in the Magdalen College in Oxford. While at Oxford, he became involved in the aesthetic movement and became an advocate for 'Art for Art 's Sake’. (Teiresias 2001). After he graduated in 1879, he moved to Chelsea in London to begin his literary career. He became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the 1890’s. (Coakley, Davis (1994). On the 29th of May Oscar Wilde married an Englishwoman named Constance Lloyd in whom he had two children with, but later was arrested for being gay with a man named Lord Alfred Douglas. (Rictor Norton 1998).
In 1888 Oscar Wilde began a seven year period of creativity in which he produced nearly all of his great literary works (Merlin Holland 1997). Wilde’s most notable plays were ‘A Woman of No importance ‘(1893), ‘An Ideal Husband’ (1895), and ’ The Importance of Being Earnest’ (1895).
Wilde emerged from prison in 1897. He came out physically depleted and exhausted while also being completely broke. He began hiding in France where he briefly reunited with his former gay lover Lord Alfred Douglas. (Douglas O’ Linder). During this time Wilde was writing very little. He then went on to die of meningitis on November 30th, 1990 at the age of 46. He is buried in the Le Pére Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
VICTORIAN SOCIETY and THE NEW WOMAN DEBATES
In Victorian society, the conventional norms of
Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, a number of poems, short stories, and essays. He was born on October the 16th, 1894 in Dublin to Sir William Wilde and his wife Jane. Oscar 's mother, Lady Jane Francesca Wilde was a successful poet and journalist also (Gregory Brdnik 2012). Oscar had an elder brother, Willie, and a younger sister, Isola Francesca, who died at the early age of 10. Wilde educated himself in Trinity College, Dublin and also in the Magdalen College in Oxford. While at Oxford, he became involved in the aesthetic movement and became an advocate for 'Art for Art 's Sake’. (Teiresias 2001). After he graduated in 1879, he moved to Chelsea in London to begin his literary career. He became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the 1890’s. (Coakley, Davis (1994). On the 29th of May Oscar Wilde married an Englishwoman named Constance Lloyd in whom he had two children with, but later was arrested for being gay with a man named Lord Alfred Douglas. (Rictor Norton 1998).
In 1888 Oscar Wilde began a seven year period of creativity in which he produced nearly all of his great literary works (Merlin Holland 1997). Wilde’s most notable plays were ‘A Woman of No importance ‘(1893), ‘An Ideal Husband’ (1895), and ’ The Importance of Being Earnest’ (1895).
Wilde emerged from prison in 1897. He came out physically depleted and exhausted while also being completely broke. He began hiding in France where he briefly reunited with his former gay lover Lord Alfred Douglas. (Douglas O’ Linder). During this time Wilde was writing very little. He then went on to die of meningitis on November 30th, 1990 at the age of 46. He is buried in the Le Pére Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
VICTORIAN SOCIETY and THE NEW WOMAN DEBATES
In Victorian society, the conventional norms of
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