18) British Literature I. - Oscar Wilde
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his interest faded out and he quited (because of the salary)
1891 he met Lord Alfred Douglas called BOSIE
o became lovers = because Wilde was rich… they were travelling etc.
o Douglas introduced O.W. to the homosexual prostitution => Bosie´s father accused
Oscar Wilde of homosexual relationship to his son (sent him a letter) => Oscar sued
(žalovat) him => but he lost and bankrupt (because he had to pay all the money for
expenses (výdaje na soud) for the father of Bosie => then sent to jail for 2 yrs
(maximal)
o homosexual love called = the love that dare not speak it´s name
PRISON
o 2 yrs of hard labour
o walking a treadmill
o separating fibres from old navy ropes
o bad food
o prisoners could not speak to each others and had to wear masks so they could not be
recognized
o all they could was to read Bible
o later he was transfered and there he could write – he wrote there a letter to Douglas
(his CV)
o 1897 released
after prison he went to France and used name Sebastian Melmoth
o wife was sending him money <= they were separated and he never saw his sons again
o saw Douglas again – but he had to leave because wife of Oscar and father of Douglas
they threatened them that they won´t be sending them money anymore
Dies in Paris because of meningitis
WORK
Plays
o The Importance of Being Earnest
o An Ideal Husband
Novels
o The Picture of Dorian Gray
Fairy (stories) tales
o The Happy Prince and Other Stories
De Profunds
o Letter in prison
The Picture of Dorian Gray