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  • Oscar Wilde, an author from Dublin, faced discrimination for his sexual orientation during the Victorian era.
  • Educated at Trinity College and Oxford, Wilde embraced the "Art for Art's Sake" philosophy, becoming a disciple of Walter Pater.
  • He is known for his works like "The Canterville Ghost" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray," which addressed societal issues.
  • Wilde's life was marked by legal troubles due to his homosexuality, leading to imprisonment at Reading Gaol.
  • His relationships included notable figures like Robert Ross, and he died in Paris in 1900.

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  1. Oscar Wilde e la sua formazione
  2. Opere e matrimonio di facciata
  3. Persecuzione e processi giudiziari

Oscar Wilde e la sua formazione

Among the authors, since the second half of the nineteenth century, who have suffered consequences and discrimination for their sexual orientation, considered a diversity, there is Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and then was sent to Oxford where he gained a first class degree in classics and distinguished himself for his eccentricity. He accepted the theory “Art for Art's Sake”, in fact he became a disciple of Walter Pater, the theorist of the aesthetics movement.

Opere e matrimonio di facciata

In the late 1880s Wilde wrote short stories like “The Canterville Ghost” and then he wrote his only novel: “The Picture of Dorian Gray. In 1884 he married Costance Lloyd, who bore him two children, but was a marriage of pure facade. For his homosexuality, Wilde lives in the discomfort of a Victorian morality that was imposed in England of the time and in his works he touched on important issues such as the social and sexual exploitation of women or political corruption.

Persecuzione e processi giudiziari

Victorian society prosecuted Wilde and sent him to prison for his sexual orientation. He was the protagonist of two judicial proceedings, which troubled him throughout his life. In the first, it was Wilde himself who accused the man with whom he had been in a relationship since 1891 (John Douglas), but the prosecution retaliated against him for evidence of his homosexuality gathered by investigators hired by the defense; in the second proceeding, Wilde was accused for sodomy. The prison where he spent two years was Reading Gaol, in Berkshire. Furthermore he had a relationship with Robert Ross, a Canadian literary critic, and many other men. Wilde died in Paris in 1900.

Domande da interrogazione

  1. Qual è stata la formazione accademica di Oscar Wilde?
  2. Oscar Wilde ha studiato al Trinity College di Dublino e successivamente a Oxford, dove ha ottenuto una laurea di primo livello in classici e si è distinto per la sua eccentricità.

  3. Quali sono alcune delle opere principali di Oscar Wilde e qual era la natura del suo matrimonio?
  4. Tra le opere principali di Wilde ci sono "The Canterville Ghost" e "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Il suo matrimonio con Costance Lloyd era di pura facciata.

  5. Come ha influenzato la società vittoriana la vita di Oscar Wilde?
  6. La società vittoriana ha perseguitato Wilde per la sua orientazione sessuale, portandolo a due processi giudiziari e alla prigionia a Reading Gaol.

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