Oscar Wilde’s uncommon life began with an equally unusual family. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde …show more content…
During his time at Oxford, Wilde continued to excel academically as well as his writing as it was during this time where he made his first sustained attempts in creative writing. It was during his time at Oxford where Wilde was greatly influenced by writer and critic, John Ruskin, as well as critic and essayist, Walter Pater (“Oscar Wilde: The Poetry Foundation” par. 3). They remarkably influenced Wilde as well as pushed on broadening and expanding his ideas on art and individualism. Two years after graduating and settling in London, he published his first book, Poems, which was badly praised but put Oscar Wilde on the map and established him as an up-and-coming writer and