Oscar Wilde

Ricardo Velasco Marin

The life

"Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin and educated at Trinity College in that city. He was a novelist, poet, literary critic and playwright of Irish origin, a great exponent of aestheticism. He studied at the University of Oxford, and was highlighted in the study of the classics, where he wrote poetry, his long poem Ravenna won the prestigious Newdigate Prize in 1878.

In London, in 1884, he married a rich Irish woman, Constance Lloyd, with whom he had two hijos.Y was devoted exclusively to literature.

The life

In 1895, he managed to shock all of Victorian England. Wilde, who had maintained a close friendship with Lord Alfred Douglas, was accused by the latter's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, sodomy. He was found guilty at trial, and sentenced to two years hard labor.

When released from prison was spoiled materially and spiritually. He spent the rest of his life in Paris, under the assumed name of Sebastian Melmoth and converted to Catholicism on November 30, 1900, shortly before dying of meningitis.

Literature

Among his most important works may be mentioned: The Happy Prince (1888) and The House of Pomegranates (1892), and a set of short stories, The Crime of Lord Arthur Saville (1891), his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and among his plays, comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

In prison, Wilde wrote De Profundis (1895), a long letter of repentance for his past lifestyle

Conclusion

Conclusions about Anglo-Irish Literature

In this project I learned more about the author's life especially their origins

I also learned much from his most famous works, was imprisoned for being homosexual an example to follow