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Explore the life, works, and legacy of the renowned author Oscar Wilde, from his iconic books to the drama of his trials. Discover the allure of Dandyism and Victorian society as depicted in 'The Importance of Being Earnest.' Delve into Wilde's poignant reflections in "De Profundis" and witness his enduring impact on literature.
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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) http://www.commons.wikimedia.org https://sisenglish.wikispaces.com
Lady Jane Francesca Wilde (Jane Elgee, 1821-1896) Speranza http://www.findagrave.com
William Robert Wilde http://www.mr-oscar-wilde.de
On 29 May 1884, Wilde married Constance Lloyd.They had two sons, Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886). The photo shows Wilde’s wifeand his son Cyril in 1889. http://www.odysseetheater.com
John Ruskin (1819-1900), by John Everett Millais http://www.bestpriceart.com
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Walter Pater (1839-1894): “Art for art’s sake” http://www.nndb.com/people/622/000096334/
Lord Alfred Douglas http://www.turgingsomedrama.com
Wilde and Douglas at Oxford (1893) http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/oscar_wilde.htm
The trials of Oscar Wilde (1895) Envelope and note that were basis of libel suit http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/images.html
Poster announcing auction of Wilde’s possessions http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/images.html
Reading "In Reading gaol by Reading townThere is a pit of shame,And in it lies a wretched manEaten by teeth of flame,In burning winding-sheet he lies,And his grave has got no name." Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol “And all men kill the thing they love, By all let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!”
Wilde’s works: • The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) • Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime and Other Stories (1891) • Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) • Salomé (1893) • A Woman of No Importance (1893) • An Ideal Husband (1895) • The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) • The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) • De Profundis (1905)
The Picture of Dorian Gray(1890)Directed byAlbert Lewin(1945) http://www.moviemorlocks.com
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) http://www.bl.uk Manuscript
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) Original production playbill http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/58876-large.jpg
The Importance of Being Earnest at the St. James’s Theatre . http://www.vam.ac.uk Identity in Victorian society http://www.josephhaworth.com
Dandyism ‘Dandy’ according to OED: “One who studies above everything to dress elegantly and fashionably; a beau, fop, ‘exquisite’”. http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/e/ec/Dandies.jpg http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) Bunbury and Victorian hypocrisy ‘Give me back my cigarette case.’ Allan Aynesworth as Algernon and George Alexander as Jack (1895) Photograph by Alfred Ellis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James's_Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) A middle-class British Victorian family takes tea http://www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk/family%20secrets.htm
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) http://www.lancashiregallery.co.uk/mediac/400_0/media/DSCF3667.jpg The countryside: Woolton Wood The city: Central London, Fleet Street around 1895
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) Jennifer Scott-Malden as Gwendolen Fairfax, Geoffrey Church as Jack Worthing and Charles Edwards as Algernon Moncrieff, English Touring Theatre (1995) http://www.ett.org.uk
The Importance of Being Earnest (Dir. Oliver Parker, 2002) Judi Dench as Lady Bracknell: impersonating Victorian society
De Profundis (1905) ‘. . . Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We can only record its moods, and chronicle their return. With us time itself does not progress. It revolves. It seems to circle round one centre of pain.’
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/2224470530_9a88658281.jpg?v=0 http://www.ovejaselectricas.es/?p=30
A Conversation with Oscar Wilde, London http://commons.wikimedia.org