OSCAR WILDE 1854-1900
His life
He's born in Dublin (1854) 🎂
He had an eccentric lifestyle and clothes.
1882: He married Constance Lloyd and they had 2 children.
His career
He became very famous thanks to the "The picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
❗ 1895 he had an omosexual realtion with Lord Duglas (Bosie)
After that, he got caught and accused by the father of Bosie and go arrested.
He was sentenced to two years of hard labor
His wife Constance Lloyd dies of syphilis in 1898. 💔
Oscar Wilde dies in poverty in Paris in 1900. 💀
This Novel caused an violent reaction and get heavely criticized
He was famous for the aphorisms
Cult of Dany
Witty remarks
Style
His figure associated with the cult of Dandy
He was a poet, novelist, dramtist and a brilliant speaker. With this elements he conquered the high society of the late Victorian age.
WORKS
The Happy prince and Other Tales. 1888
The Picture of Dorian Gray. 1891
Salomè. 1892
An Ideal Husband. 1895
The Importance of Being Earnest. 1895
The Ballad of Reading Gaol. 1898
His comedies are really appreaciated for the brilliant dialogues also flippant satires of the Victorian Age.
He's in love with aesthetism.
He had an eccentric lifestyle and clothes.
He rejected Victorian morality and Utilitarism. His name is closely connected to the Aestheticism, whose creed is "Arte for Art's Sake".
He loved beauty and elevated Aesthetics to living religion. He tried to make of his own life a perfect work of art