One hundred and twenty-five years after his death, Oscar Wilde continues to unsettle the boundary between art and life. A major collection coming to auction in London invites a reconsideration of how ...
Oscar Wilde’s American lecture tour in 1882 caused a sensation wherever he went, including in Cincinnati. As much attention was paid to how Wilde appeared, with his famously florid dress, as to what ...
Other rare items, available for purchase in February, include illustrations, theater programs, telegrams and newspapers ...
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Oscar Wilde was an author, playwright, and poet in late Victorian England known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. Originally from Ireland, he began writing poetry ...
PARIS — In The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Sir Thomas quips that “when good Americans die they go to Paris.” Oscar Wilde, the Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and Francophile, went to Paris before he ...
When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it. Sponsor ...