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	Oscar Wilde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oscar Wilde's niece, Dolly Wilde, was involved in a lengthy lesbian affair with writer Natalie Clifford Barney.
		Wilde and some within his upper-class social group also began to speak about homosexual law reform, and their commitment to "The Cause" was formalised by the founding of a highly secretive organisation called the Order of Chaeronea, of which Wilde was a member.
		Wilde: "The love that dares not speak its name" in this century is such a great affection of an elder for a younger man as there was between David and Jonathan, such as Plato made the very basis of his philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oscar_Wilde (5163 words)

	CedarNet: The Oscar Wilde Project
		Born in Dublin in 1854, Oscar Wilde became one of the true masters of the English language.
		Mixing dialogue with selected excerpts from the work and wit of Oscar Wilde, the play brings forth the soul of the man. It explores the creativity and characters that epitomize the work and the man-- Oscar Wilde; placing him in the context of the universality of human experience.
		Richard Ellmann writes in his biography, Oscar Wilde, "he was proposing that good and evil are not what they seem, that moral tabs cannot cope with the complexity of behavior." Wilde was a satirist whose wit, commentary, and caricature challenged society.
	www.cedarnet.org /owp (905 words)

	Oscar Wilde
		Wilde's father was Sir William Wilde, an Irish antiquarian, gifted writer, and specialist in diseases of the eye and ear, who founded a hospital in Dublin a year before Oscar was born.
		Wilde studied at Portora Royal School, in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (1864-71), Trinity College, Dublin (1871-74) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1874-78), where he was taught by Walter Patewr and John Ruskin.
		In the latter Wilde lets his character state, that criticism is the superior part of creation, and that the critic must not be fair, rational, and sincere, but possessed of "a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty".
	www.classicreader.com /author.php/aut.62 (1411 words)

	Oscar Wilde
		His mother was a graceful writer of verse and prose, and it was doubtless to her early influence that Wilde owed his interest in literature.
		Wilde's play, Salome, written in French in 1893 for Sarah Bernhardt, received a single performance in Paris in 1904, and is today much better known through Richard Strauss' operetta, for which it served as the libretto.
		Wilde's plays, whether good or bad dramatically, are gifted with theatrical effectiveness and a brilliance of wit and epigram that easily account for whatever success they enjoyed.
	www.theatrehistory.com /irish/wilde001.html (463 words)

	Neurotic Poets: Oscar Wilde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Oscar's mother, Lady Jane Elgee Wilde, was a flamboyant and unconventional woman (for her time), a poetess and a nationalist who fought for women's rights.
		Oscar was born in Dublin on October 16, 1854, two years after the eldest son of the family, William.
		Oscar Wilde walked the line between insider and outsider, balancing a conflicting public and private life in anti-homosexual late Victorian society--a precarious situation which led to disaster.
	www.neuroticpoets.com /wilde (1826 words)

	The Pleasure Dome - Sup's Oscar Wilde Page
		Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 and grew up in an intellectually bustling Irish household.
		A libel suit filed by Wilde against the Marquess backfired; the Marquees was acquitted and Wilde's not too well camouflaged desire for men landed him two years of hard labour.
		Wilde resisted the urgings of his friends to leave for the Continent, where a more tolerant sexual mores prevailed, saying he should accept with dignity the consequences of his actions.
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/8889/wilde.htm (1040 words)

	glbtq >> literature >> Wilde, Oscar
		Wilde's antiauthoritarianism and his scorn for the philistinism of his late Victorian age are particularly important aspects of his persona and of his emergence as a symbolic figure, even as they are qualified by his almost equally strong need for social acceptance.
		Wilde's need for social acceptance may have been a factor in his 1884 marriage to a young, somewhat conventional and naive socialite, Constance Lloyd, a union that quickly produced two sons.
		Although Douglas appears to have been a thoroughly undisciplined young man, utterly unworthy of Wilde's devotion, the writer became so infatuated as to lose all sense of proportion and finally to embark on the course of action that was to culminate in his sentence to two years' penal servitude at hard labor.
	www.glbtq.com /literature/wilde_o.html (660 words)

	Knitting Circle Oscar Wilde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At Oxford Oscar Wilde began to be notorious for his effeminate pose as an aesthete under the influence of Walter Pater (1839-94) who preached the love of Art for Art's sake.
		Oscar Wilde was charged under section II of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885, often called the "Labouchere amendment", and the second trial started on 26th.
		Oscar Wilde's marriage fell apart, his sons were taken from him, he was declared bankrupt and his house and belongings were auctioned off, and many of his friends deserted him.
	myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~stafflag/oscarwilde.html (4945 words)

	Famous Irish Lives - Oscar Wilde
		Wilde defeated Edward Carson for the foundation scholarship in classics at Trinity College, Dublin, and in 1874 won a scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was influenced by John Ruskin, Walter Pater and Cardinal Newman.
		Wilde's wit and eccentric dress attracted attention, and in 1882 he undertook a lecture tour in America, advising a customs officer that he had 'nothing to declare but my genius'.
		Wilde's wife changed her surname and with her two young sons, moved abroad to escape the scandal.
	www.irelandseye.com /aarticles/history/people/whoswho/o_wilde.shtm (362 words)

	Oscar Wilde Homepage and Biography on Bibliomania.com
		Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde - his name almost as preposterous and over the top as some of his attitudes and sayings - was born and grew up in Dublin.
		By 1890, Wilde seemed to have come to the conclusion that the 'evil' in himself could not be controlled, and so explored the theme not within the safe confines of a fairytale, but in a dark, sinister novel with a tragic ending.
		Wilde was imprisoned for homosexual acts in 1895 and went bankrupt before he left the prison.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/2/57 (953 words)

	Amazon.com: Oscar Wilde (Vintage): Books: Richard Ellmann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Oscar Wilde first emerges for us into articulate being in 1868, when he was thirteen, in a letter he wrote to his mother from school.
		Wilde was one of the truly great personalities of all time, and Ellmann not only brings him to vivid life, but demonstrates why he was one of the most important literary figures of the 19th century.
		Wilde, whose works are often dismissed (despite being probably the most widely quoted source in the world outside of The Bible and Shakespeare, and despite having his works widely and frequently plagarized) because of his lifestyle, and Ellman thankfully gives him his due here.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394759842?v=glance (2477 words)

	Quotes and Sayings .com: OSCAR WILDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wilde’s stories and essays were well received, but his creative genius found its highest expression in his plays—Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895), and his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), which were all extremely clever and filled with pithy epigrams and paradoxes.
		Wilde explained away their lack of depth by saying that he put his genius into his life and only his talent into his books.
		Foolishly, Wilde brought action for libel against the marquess and was himself charged with homosexual offenses under the Criminal Law Amendment, found guilty, and sentenced to prison for two years.
	www.quotesandsayings.com /goscarwilde.htm (1976 words)

	Oscar Wilde - Free Online Library
		Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland on October 16, 1854.
		Wilde married Constance Lloyd, the daughter of a wealthy Dublin barrister, in 1884 and the couple had two sons.
		Wilde's time in prison badly damaged his health and he died on November 30, 1900, in Paris, France, three years after leaving prison.
	wilde.thefreelibrary.com (1087 words)

	Oscar Wilde at LiteratureClassics.com -- essays, resources
		Oscar Wilde is most acclaimed for his comic theatrical masterpieces, particularly The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere's Fan which feature entertaining plots and witty dialogue.
		Wilde was at the centre of a legal issue involving homosexuality and was imprisoned for two years.
		Wilde's View On Society -- A GCSE/AS level essay, looking at the use of language throughout the play in connection to his views on society.
	www.literatureclassics.com /authors/Wilde (588 words)

	Oscar Wilde - Biography and Works
		Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet and dramatist whose reputation rests on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan(1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
		Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin to unconventional parents - his mother Lady Jane Francesca Wilde (1820-96), was a poet and journalist.
		Wilde died of cerebral meningitis on November 30, 1900, penniless, in a cheap Paris hotel at the age of 46.
	www.online-literature.com /wilde (1162 words)

	Oscar Wilde's socialism : A look at the socialist and anarchist writings of Oscar Wilde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wilde was living in a time when an estimated 2 million people were living in poverty in London.
		Wilde was certain of what kind of future he wanted for humanity.
		Wilde lived his life never once renouncing his beliefs or his choices.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/ws98/ws53_wilde.html (666 words)

	FireBlade Coffeehouse: Oscar Wilde
		Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde is one of the most fascinating and interesting writers Ireland has produced--and his writings are almost as fascinating.
		Oscar Wilde Discussions at OneList There are a number of Oscar Wilde discussion groups here, in a number of languages.
		Wilde was around in the late 1800s, often termed the Victorian Era”, or at least the end thereof.
	www.hoboes.com /html/FireBlade/Wilde (650 words)

	Amazon.com: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Books: Oscar Wilde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Born in Ireland in 1856, Oscar Wilde was a noted essayist, playwright, fairy tale writer and poet, as well as an early leader of the Aesthetic Movement.
		Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 in Dublin, Ireland and his name has become synonymous with decadence from that era.
		Wilde's plays, essays, poems, his sole novel, The Picture of Dorian Grey, and his last bitter work, De Profundus, (From The Depths) a letter to his lover and betrayer, Lord Alfred Douglas, is re-printed as well.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/006096393X?v=glance (1561 words)

	The Oscar Wilde Gallery
		The Picture of Oscar Wilde: A Brief Life: This is a good brief biography of Oscar Wilde.
		Wilde: The Story of the First Modern Man: The Website for the film on Oscar Wilde.
		Oscar Wilde: Maxims to Live By and Other Philosophies on Life: A few quotations and a couple of links.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/2537/oscar.html (414 words)

	Reading Wilde, Querying Spaces: An Exhibition Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Trials of Oscar Wilde
		The trials of Oscar Wilde offered the court of public opinion its first opportunity to debate the ethics of homosexuality; unfortunately for Wilde, his trials offered the nation's legal system the same opportunity.
		Wilde's was a notoriety dependent on its elusiveness.
		When the verdict of guilty was returned for Oscar Wilde, it represented the violent reassertion of convention in response to the threats posed by his life and art.
	www.nyu.edu /library/bobst/research/fales/exhibits/wilde/00main.htm (555 words)

	Oscar Wilde
		When the Marquis of Queensberry heard about his son's relationship with Wilde, he publicly accused the writer of being a "ponce and sodomite".
		Wilde sued for libel but he lost his case and was then himself prosecuted an
		Wilde's time in prison badly damaged his health and he died in 1900.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Jwilde.htm (462 words)

	Oscar Wilde's 1895 Martyrdom
		When Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest: a trivial comedy for serious people premiered in London on Valentine's Day, 1895, Wilde (aged 40) was widely acknowledged to have decisively conquered the theater world...
		Wilde took the stand on the first day, and at first delighted the court with his wit.
		Having lost, Wilde's friends unanimously recommended he flee the country, because arrest seemed inevitable, but Wilde's pride would not allow it, and on the fifth of April he was arrested and jailed.
	www.robotwisdom.com /jorn/wilde.html (1095 words)

	Oscar Wilde - Wikiquote
		Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of essays and novels.
		Notes: It is claimed that Wilde said this upon visiting a London birthing ward and visiting with a distraught mother who had just birthed stillborn twins.
		Note: Wilde is supposed to have said this on his deathbed, while drinking a glass of champagne.
	en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Oscar_Wilde (3361 words)

	OSCAR WILDE RETURNS - sound clip of paranormal voice recorded with British medium Leslie Flint
		On 20th August 1962 a voice manifested in the seance-room of British medium Leslie Flint (see photo)which claimed to be that of the late Oscar Wilde.
		Oscar Wilde came through in the same facetious and sarcastic manner for which he was known whilst on Earth.
		Another excerpt of Oscar Wilde's communication in streaming Real Audio may be heard by clicking here.
	www.xs4all.nl /~wichm/oswilde.html (867 words)

	Oscar Wilde Collection at Bartleby.com
		Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
		Influenced by the aesthetic teachings of Walter Pater and John Ruskin, Wilde became the center of a group glorifying beauty for itself alone, and he was satirized with other exponents of art for art’s sake”; in Punch and in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta Patience.
		This first of Wilde’s published works served as a springboard for his 1882 United States lecture tour.
	www.bartleby.com /people/Wilde-Os.html (154 words)

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