18) British Literature I. - Oscar Wilde
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18. British literature I. till the end of 19th century
OSCAR WILDE
LIFE
was born 16th October 1854 (Dublin) – death 30th November 1900 (Paris)
popular playwright
father – William Wilde, famous doctor
mother – Jane Wilde, wrote poetry (no work), Irish nacionalist
was educated at home
o French nanny
o German Government
because of this he was fluent in french, german and english
outstanding student in at Trinity College – Dublin
o => schoolarship (2 yrs, 3rd year won some gold medal as excellent student)
Oxford
o then he became interested in FREEMASONORY (svobodní zednáři)
o also in aestheticism (interested in … whole life = divided people only into good or bad,
nice or grose (nothing between))
o decadent movement
o 1877 graduated
o he was publishing into journals, etc.
after school he started writing professionally and he wanted to become famous => moved to
London
1881 first book – COLLECTED POEMS
o well received
he was travelling and giving lectures about aestheticism about clothing, equipment in house,
etc…
o people loved him because of his talking skills
o he was touring across the USA
great success but media didn´t like it (they were posting caricatures of him)
1883 wrote his first play (badly received by the crtitics)
then he met Constance Lloyd
o married
o 2 sons (Vyvyan and Cyril)
1886 met Robert Ross
o his 1
st homosexual lover
1887 – became editor of a magazine The Lady´s World (renamed it to The Woman´s World)
o improves it a lot
o added stories for children and women
o discusses fashion etc.