While studying at oxford in the 1870s, oscar wilde gained notice as a scholar, poseur, wit, and poet and for his devotion to the aesthetic movement, which held that art should exist for its beauty alone Wilde later established himself in london’s social and artistic circles. Oscar wilde was an author, playwright, and poet in late victorian england known for the picture of dorian gray and the importance of being earnest Originally from ireland, he began writing. Associated with the aesthetic movement, he connected to the visual arts of his time, especially via whistler and ruskin. Playwright oscar wilde goes on a u.s
Lecture tour that brings him to the twin cities, where he also solves a murder, in mysterious tales of old minneapolis. (wikipedia commons) He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the victorian era In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous poems, short stories, and essays. Wilde published a volume of poems early in his career as a writer Some of these poems were successful, but his only enduring work in this genre is the ballad of reading gaol (1896). At a time when all citizens of britain were finally able to embrace literature the wealthy and educated could only once afford, wilde wrote many short stories, plays and poems that continue to inspire millions around the world.
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