Wilde context

Question 1

Wilde was imprisoned

Answer 1

for 2 years for being homosexual in 1895

Question 2

When did Wilde edit what magazine

Answer 2

Women’s World between 1887 and 1889

Question 3

His tour

Answer 3

Wilde conducted 141 lectures over 11 months of 1882
= Politics dominated Wilde’s San Francisco: He delivered four lectures in San Francisco—more than in any other American city.
–> Due to being a poor Oxford graduate so
In 1881, D’Oyly Carte offered Wilde the opportunity to travel to the US

Question 4

he criticised capitalist

Answer 4

societies in his 1891 essay “The Soul of Man Under Socialism.”

Question 5

His mother

Answer 5

Lady Jane Wilde was a feminist who once stated
‘all avenues to wealth and rank are closed to them’
–> Oscar challenges society like his mother through Mrs C
Published her book ‘Social Studies’ (1893), which contain essays exploring her distinct take on feminism.