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- Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin to a well-off family, with a doctor father and a nationalist poet mother, and studied at Trinity College and Oxford.
- He was a well-traveled individual, spending time in Italy and Greece before settling in London, where he became a well-known dandy.
- Wilde's literary influences included Rossetti’s brothers, Baudelaire, Verlaine, and Keats, contributing to his unique style.
- His most famous works include the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and the comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest."
- Following a scandal involving accusations of homosexuality, Wilde spent two years in prison and later lived in poverty in France under an assumed name.
He lived in a very good background. He was born in Dublin. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nationalist poet. He studies at Trinity College and then at Oxford. He travelled a lot, in Italy and Greece, then he set in London and became a popular dandy. He was influenced by Rossetti’s brothers, Baudelaire, Verlaine and Keats. His famous novel is The Picture of Dorian Gray. The climax of his success, however, were his witty comedies (an example is The importance of Being Earnest).
Then there was a scandal, when the Marquis of Queensberry accused him of being homosexual. He stay two years in prison, during which time he wrote his prose confession “De Profundis”. After his release Wilde emigrated to France, where he lived in poverty and obscurity under an assumed name.The Preface
The Preface to the Picture of Dorian Gray is a kind of manifesto of his idea for art. The main principles are: 1) The artist is the creator of beautiful things 2) Art reveal art, not the artist 3) There aren’t moral or immoral book. Books are well written or badly written 4) No artist has ethical sympathies.
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