Oscar+Wilde

(October 16, 1854- November 30, 1900)**
 * Oscar Wilde

//Oscar Wilde was a man who scorned the participation in manly sports and collected peacock feathers. He was also an Irish playwright and poet. After college, he moved to London and published poems while working as an art reviewer. He also lived in Paris and and lectured in North America. He married and had two sons, but later had an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas. His only novel, __The Picture of Dorian Gray,__ but he was mostly known for plays. He attempted to sue Lord Alfred Douglas but instead was imprisoned for sodomy for two years. He died some time after his release, poor and sickly.//

"Oscar Wilde Biography." Wilde-online.info. 2009. Oscar Wilde Online. 13 April 2009. .

Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin. His mother was a poet who wrote under the penname "Speranza." He attended Portora Royal School, Trinity College and Magdalen College. He became involved in 'Art for Art's Sake' and won the Newdegate Prize for his poem "Ravenna." During his imprisonment for sodomy, he wrote his autobiography. He lived in Paris and died there of cerebral menigitis.

Liukkonen, Petri. "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900)." 2008. 13 April 2009. .

Along with his mother, Oscar Wilde also had a father who was a gifted writer and specialized in eye and ear disease. At age 13, he dressed fancifully and it was said that Oscar's mother insisted on dressing him in girl's clothes because she wished to have a daughter. (Oscar had a sister who died young and a brother who died at age 10.) He contributed to the //Pall Mall Gazette// and //Dramatic View.// He published two fairy tales for his sons. His marriage ended in 1893 and he became renowned as a playwright. He wrote //The Ballad of Reading Gaol//, which lamented harsh prison conditions, and it is said that on his deathbed he became a Roman Catholic.

Howard, Patrick. "The Official Website of Oscar Wilde." August 12 2005. CMG Solutions. 13 April 2009. <[]>.

Oscar Widle was very succesful during his lifetime. Oscar went to school at Oxford, doing well in all of his studies. He always received prizes and awards for his grades and top marks. He eventually traveled to New York to do a series of speeches on aesthetics. On May 29, 1884, Oscar married Constance Lloyd. Constance was four years younger than Oscar and the daughter of a prominent barrister who died when she was 16. She was a very intelligent woman and was well bred. He started writing books and more poems a few years after his marriage and his fame and prominence grew from there on.

Landow, George P. "Oscar Wilde — Biographical Materials." 13 April 2009. <[]>.

Wilde is considered to be one of teh more brilliant storytellers of his time. Wilde was fascinated the eternal struggle between good and evil. He was also consumed with his concentration on aesthetics, rather than the meaning behind it. This search for uncorrupted nature led Wilde to a ferocious individualism, which eventually led to sexual deviancy. But he was considered a wonderful playwright and poet, excelling in all that he did.


 * Works:** __The Picture of Dorian Gray__ (1890), "The Importance of Beign Earnest" (1895), “A Woman of No Importance” (1893), “An Ideal Husband” (1895), “The Happy Prince and Other Tales” (1888), and “The House of Pomegranates” (1892).