Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900), born in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the greatest writers and artists in Britain in the 19th century. He is famous for his plays, poems, fairy tales and novels. He is the representative of aestheticism, the main force of the aesthetic movement in the 1880s and the downfall of the 1990s The forerunner of the abolitionist movement.

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Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, a family of outstanding family, is the second son of the family. His father, Sir William Wilde, was a surgeon, and his mother, a poet and writer.

In 1864, Wilde attended the Royal School of putora in Ennis killin, which was not particularly popular among boys. At school, he fell in love with flowers, sunset and Greek literature. Although he was often denounced as lazy by his teachers, he was still awarded the gold medal of putola in his last year at the school, which represents the best achievement in classical literature.

In 1871, he won the scholarship of Trinity College Dublin at the age of 17. In this school, he met Professor mahafi, who had a great influence on Wilde's life. Many years later, he recalled that mahafi "was a very good speaker, an artist who was good at using eloquence and vivid words."

After graduating from Trinity College in Dublin, Wilde received a full scholarship for literature and entered Magdalen College in 1874. In Oxford, Wilde was influenced by the aesthetic ideas of Walter Pater and John Ruskin, and contacted the works of Neo Hegelian philosophy, Darwin's evolutionism and pre Raphaelite school, which established the direction for him to become a pioneer writer of aestheticism. After the publication of his first collection of poems, he began to make a figure in the literary world and came to London for development. Although young Oscar Wilde has not won a literary award, he has become a little famous in London society for his eye-catching clothes, witty speech and maverick style. Some magazines even published articles satirizing him.

In 1875, Wilde traveled to Italy during his summer vacation and wrote one of his early poems, San Miniato. However, this poem was not published until several years later. In 1877, Wilde and two other young people accompanied professor mahafi on a tour to Greece. They were so fascinated by the natural scenery and exquisite buildings in Greece that they forgot to return and delayed their classes. After returning to Oxford, he was fined 45 pounds by the school and returned the following year for his excellent academic performance. In 1878, Wilde's last year of study in Oxford was very beautiful. He not only ranked among the best in his studies, but also won a poetry competition in the school with his poem La FENa. The award-winning poems were funded by the school and became Wilde's first published work. Wilde moved from Oxford to London and called himself a professor of aestheticism. In 1880, when Wilde had made his mark in London, clumsy magazine began to joke about his appearance. His first play, Willa, was completed in the same year, but it didn't have a big repercussion. Finally, it didn't appear in London for political reasons. In 1881, peixinsi, an aestheticism humorous short play written by Gilbert and Sullivan, inadvertently brought Wilde a bad reputation. Oscar Wilde's poems were published in the same year, probably at the poet's own expense.

In 1882, Wilde gave a wonderful lecture tour in the United States. Two years later, he fell in love with Constance Lloyd and got married. His two sons Cyril and vyvyan were born in 1885 and 1886 respectively.

In 1887, Wilde became the executive director of a women's magazine named "women's world" (originally called "lady's world", Wilde changed his name for being vulgar), and published some of his novels, comments and poems in the magazine. Wilde's works are famous for their colorful words, novel ideas and bright views. In May 1888, he published Happy Prince and other stories. On June 20, 1890, the portrait of Dorian Gray was serialized in the newspaper, which established the status of decadent artist. His first novel, the portrait of Dorian Gray, was published in 1891. The opportunity of novel creation came from Wilde's visit to a famous old painter one day. The painter's male model was very young and beautiful, so Wilde couldn't help sighing: "it's a pity that such a beautiful creature will grow old one day." The painter replied, "yes, I wish I could let him in the painting grow old instead of him." Later, Wilde created the novel the portrait of Dorian Gray. In order to thank the painter, Wilde named the painter in the novel after him. Later, he published his prose "the soul of the people under socialism", both of which were very successful, but it was his dramatic works that really won Wilde's reputation. It can be said that each of his plays is warmly welcomed. At one time, his three plays were staged on the London stage at the same time. His plays are known as the best comedies since Sheridan's School of rumor.

In 1895, Marquis of Queensberry accused Wilde of dating his son, Lord Alfred Douglas (nicknamed "bosie"), for four years, and pasted a note at the Celebrity Club where Wilde often went: "to Oscar Wilde, the pretending sodomy guest." He denounced Wilde as a "Sodomizer" who was a good man (the term "homosexuality" was not born at that time). The accusation led Wilde to write to his good friend Rose immediately.

Marquis quinsbury is a tyrannical father who has been arguing with Douglas for a long time. To this end, the angry Alfred Douglas asked Wilde to appeal immediately, accusing the Marquis of damaging his reputation. As a result, Wilde's appeal failed, and he was accused of "committing acts of gross misconduct with other men". According to part 11 of the harsh criminal law amendment in 1855, Wilde was convicted and served two years of hard labor in reading and Bentonville prisons. In the past two years, Wilde stopped his dramatic creation and wrote his poem songs of reading prison and his epistle collection abyss letters. In these two works, his style has changed, it is difficult to find the influence of aestheticism. During Wilde's imprisonment, his wife Constance and two children changed their surnames to Holland and moved to Italy. Most of his friends in the social and literary circles avoided him. Only a few people, such as the playwright Bernard Shaw, stood up for him. Wilde

On May 1, 1895, the jury could not reach an agreement on Wilde's charges. A juror agreed to bail Wilde. On May 7, he was released on bail. On May 20, the case was heard for the second time. On May 25, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of forced labor for "serious indecency". He was first held in Bentonville prison in London, transferred to wangsworth prison in London on July 4, and transferred to reading prison 30 miles west of London on November 20. On September 24 and November 12 of that year, the court conducted two bankruptcy investigations on Wilde respectively, and then declared him bankrupt.

After he was released in 1897, Wilde left for Paris. He was very disappointed with Britain and no longer had the slightest nostalgia. He tried to get back together with Constance for the sake of his two children, but Alfred Douglas took the initiative to meet him and said he wanted to get back together with Wilde. Wilde chose Douglas. When he lived in France under a pseudonym, he completed and published the song of reading prison. In 1898, Wilde and Douglas traveled to Italy together, but in the end, they still broke up, and the two people who got together again were not as good as before. After he got out of prison, Wilde's scenery was no longer good, and Douglas began to understand that Wilde was no longer the successful person who was married and admired by everyone. Although they once fell in love and were tired of chatting with each other, willful Douglas said to Wilde earlier: "if you are no longer the high Wilde, then everything is no longer interesting."

In 1900, Wilde finally converted to Catholicism with the help of his good friend and former same-sex lover Robert 'Robbie' Ross. (Ross was Wilde's first same-sex lover. Wilde once said that it was because of Ross's temptation that he became a homosexual. At that time, Ross was 17 years old and Wilde was 32 years old. Although Wilde was infatuated with Douglas later, rose admired Wilde for many years and gave him help. The ashes after his death were buried with Wilde according to his will. Wilde died of meningitis at the Alsace hotel in Paris on November 30, 1900. At the age of 46, only rose and another friend were with him when he died. Wilde's graveyard in Paris is carved into a small Sphinx according to the images in his poetry collection Sphinx.

At the end of the 20th century, nearly a century after being discredited, Britain finally set up a model for Wilde

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