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 Oscar Wilde Quotes
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 Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde ( 1854-10-16 – 1900-11-30 ) was an Irish playwright, poet and author of essays and novels. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Decay of Lying (1889) 1.2 The Critic as Artist (1891) 1.3 The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) 1.4... 
 
| Name: |
Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde | | Birth Date: |
October 16, 1854 | | Death Date: |
November 30, 1900 | | Place of Birth: |
Dublin, Ireland | | Place of Death: |
Paris, France | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
author, dramatist, poet |
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 Biography of Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
795 words, approx. 3 pages
The British author Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was part of the "art for art's sake" movement in English literature at the end of the 19th century. He is best known for his brilliant, witty comedies. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin,... summary from source:
 Biography of Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Willis) Wilde
11,412 words, approx. 38 pages
 Oscar Wilde as man and artist is a study of extremes and contradictions. He approached life empirically, as Walter Pater had taught him at Oxford, but the pupil determined to pursue sensation beyond art into life. Wilde insisted that the two greatest... summary from source:
Biography of Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
9,914 words, approx. 33 pages
] Together with George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde transformed British drama in the late nineteenth century by expressing a new, "modern" sensibility. By the mid nineteenth century, the British theater, though rich in various theatrical forms, such as...
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 Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'flahertie Wills (1854–1900) Summary
1,264 words, approx. 4 pagesWilde, Oscar Fingal O s Theory for Social Transformation. New York: Peter Lang, 1996. Raby, Peter, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Schmidgall, Gary. The Stranger Wilde: Interpreting Oscar.... summary from source:
 Oscar Wilde - (1854 - 1900) Summary
22,716 words, approx. 76 pagesOscar Wilde - (1854 - 1900) (Full name Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde; has also written under the pseudonyms Sebastian Melmoth and C. 3. 3.) Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, critic, poet, and short story writer. Wilde is one of... summary from source:
 Oscar Wilde Information
7,598 words, approx. 25 pages
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one...
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 National Review Oscar Wilde.
04/01/1988: 933 words, approx. 3 pages WILDE's LIFE-encumbered by personal adornment and interior decoration, witty epigram and puzzling paradox-remains more interesting than his work. The late Richard Ellmann's sympathetic and humane biography is written, as befits the subject, with elegance and verve. The book is structured like a classical tragedy,... summary from source:
Interview The importance of being wild. (Oscar Wilde)
07/01/1996: 1,344 words, approx. 5 pages Oscar Wilde's maverick attitude, generosity, brilliance, vivacity and wit should be adopted by today's people. Although he was shunned by the Victorian society that he lived in for being gay, Wilde was unafraid of social conventions and was pleased with his independent spirit. ... summary from source:
 AP News Theater critic Sheridan dies at 65
2/19/2007: 261 words, approx. 1 pagesSheridan Morley, a theater critic, broadcaster and author of many show-business biographies, has died at the age of 65.Morley, who wrote for such publications as The Times of London, Punch, The Spectator and the International Herald Tribune, died Friday at home. The BBC reported that... summary from source:
AP News Art imitates video games
3/21/2007: 263 words, approx. 1 pagesIrish playwright Oscar Wilde once said, "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life."Students participating in a novel design contest might rephrase the famous quotation to something like, "Art imitates video games that imitate life."Students at Parsons The New School for Design in New...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Samuel Lyndon Gladden
10,111 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following essay, Gladden analyzes Oscar Wilde's journal, written under the pseudonym Sebastian Melmoth, in terms of his thoughts about being exiled from England after serving his prison term.
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Critical Essay by Alan Sinfield
8,507 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Sinfield explores Wilde's utilization of effeminacy and femininity in his plays.
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 Essay Grade: 86%The Moralist View of Oscar Wilde
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Discusses the author Oscar Wilde and his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Describes how Oscar Wilde convinces his readers that to embrace one's enemy, in this case the enemy is sin, is to know how to counter it. Further examines Wilde's morality, as depicted in Dorian Gray. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 83%Oscar Wilde's Views on Art
1,169 words, approx. 4 pages
Attempting to define the term art, this essay's author explores writer Oscar Wilde’s take on the subject. The works of painters Andres Serrano and Chris Ofili and writer Jack Kerouac are explored. The argument is made that art defines itself.
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