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1 OSCAR WILDE & HIS FAIRYTALES
Liis Kristiin Vaher

2 ¤ Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
¤ born in Dublin 16 October 1854 ¤ father Sir William Wilde, leading eye & ear surgeon, gifted writer ¤ mother Lady Jane Francesca Wilde, succesful poet & journalist ¤ educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Trinity College( ), Trinity College, Dublin ( ) and Magdalen College, Oxford ( ).  ¤ aesthetic movement ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ ¤ 1878 Newdigate prize for his poem ‘’Ravenna’’

3 ¤ 1881 first collection of poetry –
“Poems” ¤ lectured in many countries ¤ on May 24, 1884 married Constance Lloyd ¤ had two sons Cyril and Vyvian ¤ In 1888 he published The Happy Prince and Other Tales, fairy-stories written for his two sons ¤ 1891 “Picture of Dorian Gray” ¤ In 1891 Wilde began an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed 'Bosie'

4 ¤ The Duchess of Padua  ¤ A Florentine Tragedy  ¤ An Ideal Husband  ¤ The Importance of Being Earnest ¤  Lady Windermere's Fan  ¤ Salome ·Vera; or, The Nihilists  ¤ A Woman of No Importance

5 ¤ were intended for a young audience but they also contain social overtones
¤ the criticism of the Victorian society ¤ hopelessness of the lower classes ¤ cruelty of the upper classes ¤ rarely have a truly happy ending

6

7 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!

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