Oscar Wilde - Revision history

Aschlafly: Wilde had a sharp wit and is referred to as one of the most-often quoted British writers.

2023-01-10T22:47:47Z

Wilde had a sharp wit and is referred to as one of the most-often quoted British writers.

2021-01-17T23:17:44Z

His death at age 46 was "almost certainly" from syphilis.

2018-10-28T18:16:27Z

Added Category:Homosexuality and Pedophilia

2018-10-28T18:15:18Z

Marriage and Literary Fame

2018-10-28T18:13:29Z

Clarified "them" to "Wilde and Douglas"

2018-10-26T18:51:32Z

Wilde's sexuality: formatted name Stephen Fry

2018-10-26T18:50:32Z

Wilde's sexuality: Added more details

2018-09-15T00:15:24Z

2018-09-15T00:00:54Z

2018-09-14T23:55:21Z

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	'''Oscar Wilde''' (1854 – 1900) was an Anglo-[[Ireland\|Irish]] poet, novelist, and writer of plays and short stories. He was a [[homosexual]] and is nowadays often held up as a "gay" icon or even a "gay" martyr but that is not a universally accepted view. Wilde instigated the litigation that led to his downfall.		'''Oscar Wilde''' (1854 – 1900) was an Anglo-[[Ireland\|Irish]] poet, novelist, and writer of plays and short stories. He was a [[homosexual]] and is nowadays often held up as a "gay" icon or even a "gay" martyr but that is not a universally accepted view. Wilde instigated the litigation that led to his downfall.
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		+	Wilde had a sharp wit and is referred to as one of the most-often quoted [[British]] writers.

	His death at age 46 was "almost certainly" from [[syphilis]].<ref>https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-figures-with-syphilis/philgibbons</ref>		His death at age 46 was "almost certainly" from [[syphilis]].<ref>https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-figures-with-syphilis/philgibbons</ref>

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-'''Oscar Wilde''' (1854 – 1900) was an Anglo-[[Ireland|Irish]] poet, novelist, and writer of plays and short stories. He was a [[homosexual]] and is nowadays often held up as a "gay" icon or even a "gay" martyr
+'''Oscar Wilde''' (1854 – 1900) was an Anglo-[[Ireland|Irish]] poet, novelist, and writer of plays and short stories. He was a [[homosexual]] and is nowadays often held up as a "gay" icon or even a "gay" martyr but that is not a universally accepted view. Wilde instigated the litigation that led to his downfall.
 but that is not a universally accepted view. Wilde instigated the litigation that led to his downfall.
 ==Early life==

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 In 1884 Wilde married Constance Lloyd, a young lady with a comfortable inheritance, which enabled him to set up home in Chelsea, London, and live in style while writing. They had two sons, but in 1886, Wilde met and was seduced by the homosexual Robert Ross, at that time a university student. After this he became drawn into Ross's circle of promiscuous homosexuals and pederasts, seeking casual gratification with rent-boys in London. He wrote a veiled account of his descent into vice in the novel "The Picture of Dorian Grey".
-His output at this time included the dialogues "The Critic as an Artist" and "The Decay of Lying" as well as various short stories that read like a prosy pastiche of Hans Anderson. They include "The Nightingale and the Rose" and "The Birthday of the Infanta".
+His output at this time included the dialogues "The Critic as an Artist" and "The Decay of Lying" as well as various short stories in poetic prose. They include "The Nightingale and the Rose" and "The Birthday of the Infanta".
 ==Relationship with Alfred Douglas==

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 ==Litigation, Trial and Downfall==
-In 1895, Douglas persuaded Wilde to bring a libel case against Queensberry, with the aim of obtaining a large amount of damages. This legal suit involved both of them denying that they were homosexuals. Wilde denied it categorically to his own lawyer and to the court under oath, committing [[perjury]].
+In 1895, Douglas persuaded Wilde to bring a libel case against Queensberry, with the aim of obtaining a large amount of damages. This legal suit involved both Wilde and Douglas denying that they were homosexuals. Wilde denied it categorically to his own lawyer and to the court under oath, committing [[perjury]].
 Wilde lost the case, as Queensberry, aided by the London police, easily found a string of 13 rent-boys willing to testify against him. Even the pageboy at the Savoy hotel was on the list.

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 One of his witticisms recorded from this period is "Little boys should be obscene and not heard." During his trial, police brought evidence of him having homosexual relations with boys in thirteen different cases. <ref>Neil McKenna. The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, Random House, 2011 p.480-481. </ref>
 His pronounced pederastic tastes are confirmed by many letters and poems, addressed to youths and choir-boys in erotic terms.
-The 1995 film about Oscar Wilde, starring Stephen Fry, omitted any reference to his taste for boys, in order to give the false impression that he was a victim and a martyr.
+The 1995 film about Oscar Wilde, starring [[Stephen Fry]], omitted any reference to his taste for boys, in order to give the false impression that he was a victim and a martyr.
 <ref>Richard Ellman, Oscar Wilde.(Random House, 1989).</ref>
 <ref>Neil McKenna. The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, Random House, 2011</ref>

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 [[Category:Christians]]
 [[Category:Playwrights]]
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