OSCAR WILDE HIS FAIRYTALES Liis Kristiin Vaher Oscar

OSCAR WILDE & HIS FAIRYTALES Liis Kristiin Vaher

¤ Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde ¤ born in Dublin 16 October 1854 ¤ father Sir William Wilde, leading eye & ear surgeon, gifted writer ¤ mother Lady Jane Francesca Wilde, succesful poet & journalist ¤ educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Trinity College(1864 -71), Trinity College, Dublin (1871 -74) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1874 -78). ¤ aesthetic movement ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ ¤ 1878 Newdigate prize for his poem ‘’Ravenna’’

¤ 1881 first collection of poetry – “Poems” ¤ lectured in many countries ¤ on May 24, 1884 married Constance Lloyd ¤ had two sons Cyril and Vyvian ¤ In 1888 he published The Happy Prince and Other Tales, fairystories written for his two sons ¤ 1891 “Picture of Dorian Gray” ¤ In 1891 Wilde began an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed 'Bosie'

¤ The Duchess of Padua ¤ A Florentine Tragedy ¤ An Ideal Husband ¤ The Importance of Being Earnest ¤ Lady Windermere's Fan ¤ Salome ·Vera; or, The Nihilists ¤ A Woman of No Importance

¤ were intended for a young audience but they also contain social overtones ¤ the criticism of the Victorian society ¤ hopelessness of the lower classes ¤ cruelty of the upper classes ¤ rarely have a truly happy ending

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