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| 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. 2.7 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, I...
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Biography of Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Willis) Wilde
11412 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 art...
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Biography of Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
9914 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 vers...



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The Picture of Dorian Gray Information
6,425 words, approx. 21 pages
 The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel written by Oscar Wilde, and first came out as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on June 20, 1890.[1] Wilde later revised this edition, making several alterations, and adding new...




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 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Picture it: Dorian Gray gains notice
11/14/1997: 493 words, approx. 2 pages Just four days ago, Dorian Gray drummer Dan Niedziejko had one of those moments that's every musician's dream. Over the phone, a friend in New York was reading Niedziejko a copy of an article about his band in the just-out Nov. 15 issue...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray.(Movie review)
07/16/2007: 532 words, approx. 2 pages A Third Rock Films production. Produced by David Gallagher, Vincent Pujo, Duncan Roy. Directed, written by Duncan Roy, based on the novel by Oscar Wilde. Camera (color, widescreen, HD), Brian Jackson; editors, Curtiss Clayton, Jeremy Frindel, Glen Richardson; music, Mogwai; production designer, Brian...
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 The New York Observer
He's Just...Dreamy, But Am I Dowdy? Dandies Prowl Our City
3/6/2005: 1,112 words, approx. 4 pages I was having tea in a few days with the celebrated New York dandy Patrick McDonald. I was supposed to be working on my novel, but instead I was worrying, already a wreck about what to wear. We'd met once, at the Dandy Bohemian Salon...




Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Christopher S. Nassaar
1,762 words, approx. 6 pages
 In the following essay, Nassaar views the four male characters in Lady Windermere's Fan as versions of the protagonist of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Symbols and Themes
2,445 words, approx. 8 pages
 Discusses the Oscar Wilde novel, 'Picture of Dorian Gray.' Analyzes Wilde's use of symbolism in the text and reviews major themes. Examines how the theme of secret keeping fit in with Victorian era morality.
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Beauty in The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
2,405 words, approx. 8 pages
 Essay about beauty as explored in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Society will always instinctively judge someone based on their appearance, politically we will trust someone who looks more pure and innocent with power, and culturally we will accept people who fit a certain physical standard. However the point is that beauty is not based on how attractive an object is to everybody, but how attractive it is to one.


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