He wrote Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama.
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At the turn of the 1890s he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.Īs a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art" and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. At university, he read Greats he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. In his youth Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in "one of the first celebrity trials", imprisonment, and early death from meningitis at the age of 46. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. It’s the sort of pleasant, post-nihilistic sentiment we can always use, especially in strange times.Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. This is not as much a funny one, but it is one of my all-time favorites and always good when you’re having a moment, which is all the time for me. One feel-good quote? I’M WEAK Image via Books on the Wall It’s low effort, and as well as getting your revenge, you get to be very smug while doing it. Of course, we’ve all got legions of enemies (citation needed), so any advice a dead poet can give is going to change all of our lives for the better. It’s catchy and amusing, but Wilde is rejecting shame. I mean, Wilde’s life was not an easy one, so being denied something he never wanted anyway isn’t a big deal. We all know where the real party is Image via Me.me He’s pulling off that haircut, for goodness’ sake. What things? Who cares? If he’s doing it, he’s going to make it cool. Just living that cat life, writing decadent horror stories and being the icon of the century. Gotta go be cool somewhere Image via Pinterest And who even said anything about murder? What are a few knife wounds between friends? It’s an allegory for betrayal anyway.
I mean, if you’re going to be stabbed, at least you can do it like bros.
That’s what friends are FOR Image via Goalcast You’ve got to live your best life, and sometimes that means making whatever choices are offered. We’re going to be out here, living our most decadent and ridiculous lives, just like he would have wanted. Well, if they tempt you, what are you really supposed to do? Not give in? I don’t think so.
Here’s some relatable content, all the way from the 1900s. You’ve gotta appreciate the sheer brilliant nonsense. The man was so galaxy brain we don’t even need to make memes about him, everything he said is already practically a meme. Was Oscar Wilde 200+ years ahead of his time? Probably.
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