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Oscar Wilde

Date Submitted: 05/12/2003 16:53:29
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 9 pages (2386 words)
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Wilde, Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) b. , Oct. 16, 1854, Dublin, Ire. d. Nov. 30, 1900, Paris, Fr. Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation grounds on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). He was a spokesman for the late 19th-century Aesthetic movement in England, which advocated art for art's sake; and he had to suffer from celebrated civil and criminal suits which involving his homosexuality and caused his ending in imprisonment (1895-97). Wilde …

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…er entlassen und reiste sofort nach Frankreich ab. Dort lebte er forthin unter dem Namen Sebastian Melmoth. Sein gesamter Besitz wurde verkauft. Seine Frau sah er nie wieder, denn sie hatte sich unter dem Namen ,,Holland" bereits woanders niedergelassen. Sein genialer Schaffensdrang war gebrochen. Er verfiel dem Alkohol und starb schließlich an cerebraler Meningitis. Er bekam ein Armenbegräbnis und erst viele Jahre. Viele Jahre später bekam er ein eigenes Grab. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**

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