This did not bring instant fame to Wilde, but it did put him out as a rising writer. In 1882 Wilde traveled around America on a lecture tour where he gave 140 lectures in only nine months. During this time he was able to me some of America's greatest writers including Henry Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Walt Whitman. After his tour in America Wilde returned home and did another lecture tour in England and Ireland that lasted till about 1884. In May 1884 Wilde married and English woman named Constance Lloyd. They had two children, Cyril and Vyvyan.
Oscar Wilde is a curious modernist as well as in "neo-romantic." His humor is typically of the Irish. His writing style includes social satire, critiquing social issues, and dealing with hypocrisy. For example, in "The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar focuses on critiquing the myth of love and bond. He also deals with the issues of heredity in the development of personality. In other works by Wilde, he uses writing styles such as parables or fables such as the "Happy Prince" or "The Rose and Nightingale." In contrast to his other themes, Oscar's only novel, which is an autobiography, deals with his sexuality, and his lust for other men (Oscar is known as literature most acclaimed homosexual. This is quite unusual being that "The Picture of Dorian Gray" centers on the love between a young man and woman). His most common theme is that of Aestheticism. Meaning, that beauty is the secret to life, later to become that suffering is the secret to life. This theme began its roots at Oxford and stemmed from the conflict between Pater and Ruskin. While Pater was an aesthetic, Ruskin was a moralist. The contrast between these two worldviews is that aestheticism requires little discipline, more or less rejects it, where a moralistic view requires discipline, therefore elevating discipline to virtue in and of itself.
As an ambitious young man, Oscar Wilde started his career in literature with poems, plays and books. ... " Oscar Wilde, De Profundis. ... Wilde lived an aristocratic life with his family and fame. ... Oscar Wilde's writing mocks society. ... Other characters like Earnest or Jack show Wilde's double life. ...
And it is exactly his idealisation of homosexuality that appears to be the mask' that Oscar Wilde wore. ... Oscar Wilde said,"˜ Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. ... I attribute Wilde's aesthetic withdrawal from life to his idealistic impulse to improve the world. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's autobiography and there is a good part of Wilde's personality in each of the three characters. ... Oscar Wilde did not lack any of the required gifts. ...
Society throughout history has influenced people and behavior, in the novel "The Picture of Dorian Grey," by Oscar Wilde we find this most prevalent. ... To the aesthete, the ideal life mimics art; it is beautiful, but quite useless beyond its beauty, concerned only with the individual living it" (Duggan, The Conflict Between Aestheticism and Morality in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray). ... Duggan also explains, "Wilde, through Lord Henry, laments the stifling nature of his contemporary Victorian society and how the supposed morality it boasts necessitates self-de...
This indicates that Oscar Wilde's view is that women are inferior to men. ... The plot represents Wilde's life in many ways. Oscar Wilde committed a similar mistake as Sybil when he sacrificed his career, his reputation and in the end his love for life for the man he loved. ... Oscar Wilde presents notable and memorable female characters, who represents Wilde in some way and accordingly give an insight into his life. ... They each sacrificed something different and this symbolises what Oscar Wilde did in his own life. ...
Oscar Wilde essayist, dramatist, novelist, and poet was better known for his scandalous lifestyle than his literary theories and their execution in his dramas. ... This is what aesthetic authors such as Oscar Wilde try to portray in their non conventional works packed with comedy and tragedy such as and The Importance and Being Earnest. ... The poem is based on a real life murder and has been said that the idea came to Wilde while he was on the stand for his own crime (Alkalay-Gut), the crime of being a homosexual. ... Oscar Wilde hit the nail on the head when he said "Life is far too importa...
Oscar Wilde uses his play, The Importance of Being Earnest, as a way of showing how ridiculous the Victorian era's views were, especially its views on marriage. ... Oscar Wilde conveys this idiocy through wit and satire given in the lines of the characters. Oscar Wilde has two male characters in his play that want to change their names to Ernest in order to obtain the love of two ladies. ... To be married to someone is a life altering commitment that can't just be forgotten. ... Oscar Wilde was definitely brilliant in how he could criticize the nobles in his time with such humo...
Oscar Wilde is another victim of his own conscience. ... Oscar Wilde had a belief that everyone lived a double life. The author, Oscar Wilde portrays his life through his novel. ... Oscar Wilde himself hid his identity. ... Therefore the work of Oscar Wilde has been created through his real life experiences. ...
This is even demonstrated by the literature of our time and that of other era's, such as the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. ... "I don't know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane' "No sir; it's not a very interesting subject. ... In this passage from the play it is very clear that Wilde likes to give his characters some life, but however it seemed that he was giving the servants a bit too much, but nevertheless it does establish very well the position of those servants. ... In Oscar Wilde's play he seems to make almost a mockery of ...
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest shows how the lives of the upper class people were boring, only being concerned with manners and customs, and so perfectly earnest that it was almost inhuman. ... Marriage is seen as boring and a strain on a persons life. ... He is very much into living his life to have fun and be free and is totally against marriage. ... Oscar Wilde sense of humor is very sarcastic and amusing jokes given by all of the characters. ... "(1,p16) Oscar Wilde believed people hid their trivial lifestyles by creating an earnest image for themselves, and leadi...
