Biographical Information Flashcards
When and where was Wilde born and who is he?
What was the quote he said to the French Writer, Andre Gide?
Born in Dublin, 16th October 1854. He was a flamboyant and sparklingly witty Anglo-Irish playwright, poet and critic.
‘I put all my genius into my life, I put only my talent into my books.’
Where were the places Wilde shone at and what was he a famous proponent of in London?
Trinity college in Dublin and Magdalen college in Oxford.
In London, he was the proponent of aestheticism, the controversial theory of art.
When was A collection of poems released, followed by The Happy Prince and Other tales, as well as lectures and essays (The Decay of Lying) that promoted his ideas of art/beauty.
1881
1888 for both the 2nd and 3rd.
When and who did Wilde marry, with whom he had two sons with?
In 1884, he married Constance Lloyd.
What did he publish in 1890 and who did he fall in love with?
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Much younger Alfred Douglas.
How was Oscar Leading a double life?
He was winning fame with four hugely successful society comedies whilst at the same time secretly spending time in male brothels.
What are the four hugely successful society comedies and when were they each released?
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892)
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
An Ideal Husband (1895)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
What occurred in February 1895, regarding Douglas’s father and what was the result from this?
Douglas’s father, the Marquis of Queensberry, accused Wilde of being a ‘somdomite’. Wilde sued him for libel, lost, and was subsequently found guilty of gross indecency.
He spent two years in prison, most in Reading Gaol.
What did he write in prison and what did he compose in his first month of release, both of which were published posthumously?
De Profundis
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
What did Wilde do after prison, where did he go and when/ why did he die?
Bankrupt and shunned by society, his health broken by imprisonment, he spent the rest of his life in Europe.
He died in Paris on 30 November 1900 aged 46 of cerebral meningitis.
