Oscar Wilde plan: Biography

During his studies, Oscar travels for the first time to his beloved Italy and Greece. Inspired by new impressions, Wilde wrote one of his first poems, “Ravenna,” for which he received a university prize.

At Oxford University, the attitude of the future writer to beauty is finally formed. For Oscar, moral values ​​are no longer the only criterion for beauty. The teacher who influenced Wilde's worldview was John Ruskin, an English writer and theorist. He had a great influence on the development of literary trends at the end of the 19th century.

During his studies, Oscar travels for the first time to his beloved Italy and Greece. Inspired by new impressions, Wilde wrote one of his first poems, “Ravenna,” for which he received a university prize.

Creativity

At the age of 24, Wilde moved to live in the capital of Great Britain. He becomes a popular regular at London's social salons due to his ironic and controversial statements and manner of dressing. Wilde's tastes and habits dictated fashion for the intelligentsia and aristocracy. Soon many young people began to appear who tried to imitate their idol in everything. The jokes of the young Irishman were analyzed by his fans into quotes.

 

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In the first years of his literary work, Oscar Wilde dealt only with poetry, occasionally creating essays devoted to problems of aesthetics. From 1882 to 1883, the young writer spent abroad, in the USA, where he traveled with his lectures on art. The American public was crazy about the writer's charm and intelligence; Oscar acquired a large army of fans and followers overseas.
After returning to Europe, Wilde immediately went to France, where he became acquainted with the flower of French literature. Returning to his homeland and having found a family, Oscar Wilde devotes himself to writing fairy tales, inspired by his own children. These are the collections “The Happy Prince” and “The Pomegranate House”, the most famous works of which are “The Star Boy”, “The Devoted Friend”, “The Nightingale and the Rose”, “The Fisherman and His Soul”. By this time, Wilde's fame in England was reaching its peak.