The Collected Newspaper Articles by Oscar Wilde

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Throughout the 1880s Oscar Wilde devoted a great part of his creative energies to working as a professional journalist and he was prepared to write on a remarkable range of topics. Uniquely witty, intellectually acute, and socially aware Wilde's journalism not only displays the extensive reading and stylistic experimentation that prepared the way for his major works of the 1890s, it provides an essential record of the vibrant and rapidly changing journalistic culture in which he played a major part. This collection includes: A Handbook To Marriage A Ride Through Morocco Aristotle At Afternoon Tea Balzac In English Dinners And Dishes Hamlet At The Lyceum London Models Mr Morris On Tapestry Mr Whistler's Ten O'clock Mrs Langtry As Hester Grazebrook Olivia At The Lyceum The American Invasion Two Biographies Of Keats Two Letters To The Daily Chronicle Woman's Dress Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) is a central figure in aesthetic writing. Wilde was a poet, fiction writer, essayist and editor. Oscar Wilde is often seen as a homosexual icon although as many men of his day he was also a husband and father. Wilde's life ended at odds with Victorian morals that surrounded him. He died in exile.


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Oscar Wilde, the illustrious Irish playwright, poet, and author, was born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. Known for his barbed wit, opulent aestheticism, and a flair for the dramatic, Wilde became one of the most prominent personalities of late Victorian London. His contributions to literature include an assemblage of plays, essays, and the celebrated novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1890), which encapsulates his literary style of decadence, moral ambiguity, and hedonism. Scholarly reflections on Wilde's work often highlight his exploration of the art for art's sake philosophy and his cultivation of the dandy persona. Wilde's command over the English language is further exemplified in 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (1895), which is deemed a paragon of high comedy. Apart from his published plays and fiction, Wilde was a prolific journalist, a facet of his career illuminated in 'The Collected Newspaper Articles by Oscar Wilde'. This compilation provides insight into his lesser-known role as an intellectual commentator and adds depth to our understanding of his literary voice. Despite his tragic demise in 1900, after a much-publicized trial and subsequent imprisonment, Oscar Wilde's legacy endures through his writing, which remains both a subject of academic intrigue and a treasured component of classic literature.

Produkt Details

Verlag: DigiCat

Genre: Sprache - Englisch

Sprache: English

Umfang: 258 Seiten

Größe: 220,9 KB

ISBN: 8596547000723

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