After studying at trinity college dublin wilde went to magdalen college oxford where he achieved a double first and won the newdigate prize for a poem ravenna.

Oscar wilde poems book background. Wilde was also an excellent student and graduated from the esteemed trinity college in dublin. That wilde became a literary artist in the first place is not so surprising since as h. He published his first collection of poems entitled poems in 1881 when he was just 27 years old. Oscar wilde biography oscar wilde.

Oscar wilde 1854 1900 oscar fingal o flahertie wills wilde was born in dublin the son of an eye surgeon and a literary hostess and writer known under the pseudonym speranza. Biography historical background. In 1888 seven years after he wrote poems wilde published the happy prince and other tales a collection of children s stories. The garden of eros.

Wilde then went one to travel throughout europe and the united states lecturing at various places. It is full summer now the heart of june. Wilde s poem doesn t explicitly refer to this myth but this is the background to a long poem about oxford where wilde studied as an undergraduate which wilde continued to think highly of for the rest of his life thinking it one of his finest poems. After his studies wilde moved to london to pursue a career in writing.

Jane née elgee and sir william wilde oscar was two years younger than his brother william willie wilde. A biography his mother was a poet and irish revolutionary who published under the name speranza and his father a successful eye and ear surgeon in dublin and author of a work which remained the standard textbook on aural surgery for many years. Oscar wilde was born at 21 westland row dublin now home of the oscar wilde centre trinity college the second of three children born to an anglo irish couple. He attended trinity college dublin from 1871 to 1874 and magdalen college oxford from 1874 to 1878.

Art and morality by stuart mason oscar wilde a critical study by arthur ransome oscar wilde. At oxford he received the newdigate prize for his long poem ravenna t. Jane wilde was a niece by marriage of the novelist playwright and clergyman charles maturin 1780 1824 who may have. Oscar wilde was born in dublin ireland on october 16 1854.

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