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"Von der Wichtigkeit, ernst zu sein" wurde am 14. Februar 1895 im St. James's Theatre in London uraufgeführt und ist eine komödiantische Posse, in der die Protagonisten fiktive Persönlichkeiten spielen, um lästigen sozialen Verpflichtungen zu entgehen. Das Stück spielt mit den gesellschaftlichen Konventionen des spätviktorianischen Londons und thematisiert die Trivialität, mit so schwerwigende Institutionen wie die Ehe behandelt werden, sowie die daraus resultierende Satire auf die viktorianischen Sitten. Einige zeitgenössische Kritiker lobten den Humor des Stücks und den Höhepunkt von Wildes künstlerischer Karriere, während andere das Fehlen sozialer Botschaften bemängelten. Der hohe Grad an Komik und die witzigen Dialoge haben dazu beigetragen, dass «Von der Wichtigkeit, ernst zu sein» zu Wildes populärstem Stück geworden ist, das bis heute gespielt wird.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Teleny: a pornographic novel attributed to Oscar Wilde» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Teleny is an authorless and explicitly homoerotic novel often attributed to Oscar Wilde. It is an important antithesis to the prudish idealism of the neo-classic and neo-romantic lyric love poetry of the end of the century. It is a work of unmasking the cynical double moral standards of the Victorian era: The love of Camille and Teleny is shattered by social reprisals. The book was published in 1893 in 200 copies by Leonard Smithers who praised it as being «the most powerful and cleverly written erotic romance which has appeared in the English language» during that era". Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) is a central figure in aesthetic writing. Wilde was a poet, fiction writer, essayist and editor. Oscar Wilde is often seen as a homosexual icon although as many men of his day he was also a husband and father. Wilde's life ended at odds with Victorian morals that surrounded him. He died in exile.

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The Complete Non-Fiction Writings (Essays on Art + The Rise Of Historical Criticism + Poems in Prose + The Soul of a Man under Socialism + De Produndis and more) This carefully crafted ebook: «The Complete Non-Fiction Writings (Essays on Art + The Rise Of Historical Criticism + Poems in Prose + The Soul of a Man under Socialism + De Produndis and more)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: The Decay Of Lying Pen, Pencil And Poison – A Study In Green The Critic As Artist The Truth Of Masks The Rise Of Historical Criticism The English Renaissance Of Art House Decoration Art And The Handicraftsman Lecture To Art Students London Models Poems In Prose The Soul Of Man Under Socialism Phrases And Philosophies For The Use Of The Young A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated De Profundis Oscar Wilde's Letter To Robert Browning Personal Impressions Of America The Decorative Arts The House Beautiful The Truth Of Masks: a note on Illusion Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) – An Irish-born English poet, novelist, and playwright. Considered an eccentric, he was the leader of the aesthetic movement that advocated «art for art's sake» and was once imprisoned for two years with hard labor for homosexual practices. His work includes the novel «The Picture of Dorian Gray» (1890) and the plays «Lady Windermere's Fan» (1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and «The Importance of Being Earnest» (1895).

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890. A substantially revised and expanded edition was published in April 1891. For the new edition, Wilde revised the content of the novel's existing chapters, divided the final chapter into two chapters, and created six entirely new additional chapters. Whereas the original edition of the novel contains 13 chapters, the revised edition of the novel contains 20 chapters. The 1891 version was expanded from 13 to 20 chapters, but also toned down, particularly in some of its overt homoerotic aspects. Also, chapters 3, 5, and 15 to 18 are entirely new in the 1891 version, and chapter 13 from the first edition is split in two (becoming chapters 19 and 20). The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Dorian is selected for his remarkable physical beauty, and Basil becomes strongly infatuated with Dorian, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode of art. The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered one of the last works of classic gothic horror fiction with a strong Faustian theme. It deals with the artistic movement of the decadents, and homosexuality, both of which caused some controversy when the book was first published. However, in modern times, the book has been referred to as "one of the modern classics of Western literature. Oscar Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his only novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray), his plays and poetry, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Journalism of Oscar Wilde» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Throughout the 1880s Oscar Wilde devoted a great part of his creative energies to working as a professional journalist and he was prepared to write on a remarkable range of topics. Uniquely witty, intellectually acute, and socially aware Wilde's journalism not only displays the extensive reading and stylistic experimentation that prepared the way for his major works of the 1890s, it provides an essential record of the vibrant and rapidly changing journalistic culture in which he played a major part. Content: A Handbook To Marriage A Ride Through Morocco Aristotle At Afternoon Tea Balzac In English Dinners And Dishes Hamlet At The Lyceum London Models Mr Morris On Tapestry Mr Whistler's Ten O'clock Mrs Langtry As Hester Grazebrook Olivia At The Lyceum The American Invasion Two Biographies Of Keats Two Letters To The Daily Chronicle Woman's Dress Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) is a central figure in aesthetic writing. Wilde was a poet, fiction writer, essayist and editor. Oscar Wilde is often seen as a homosexual icon although as many men of his day he was also a husband and father. Wilde's life ended at odds with Victorian morals that surrounded him. He died in exile.

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Este ebook presenta «Un marido ideal» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Un marido ideal (An Ideal Husband) es una comedia de Oscar Wilde estrenada en Londres en 1895. La obra está ambientada en la alta sociedad londinense de finales del siglo XIX. El subsecretario de Estado —Sir Robert Chiltern— es un marido ideal para su mujer Lady Chiltern, un político brillante y un perfecto caballero. Ante el resto de la sociedad ambos se muestran como un matrimonio ideal y armonioso. Esta armonía se ve amenazada cuando irrumpe en escena la malévola y seductora Mrs. Cheveley que chantajea a Robert Chiltern amenazándole con revelar un obscuro secreto de su pasado que le permitió a él forjar su admirable carrera política y su matrimonio. Acorralado, le pide consejo a su amigo de toda la vida, Lord Arthur Goring, conocido en toda la high society por su inteligencia y sus atuendos: todo un dandi. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) fue un escritor, poeta y dramaturgo irlandés. Wilde es considerado uno de los dramaturgos más destacados del Londres victoriano tardío; además, fue una celebridad de la época debido a su gran y aguzado ingenio. Hoy en día, es recordado por sus epigramas, sus obras de teatro y la tragedia de su encarcelamiento, seguida de su temprana muerte.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «The Rise Of Historical Criticism (Unabridged)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Rise of Historical Criticism, published in complete form in 1908, is a mature essay by Oscar Wilde, evaluating the history and current state of criticism. The writer goes back in history and tries to remould the art of criticism with allusions to various critics, genres, and periods. Filled with wit and sublimity, the essay is a comprehensive piece of writing that enlightens the ordinary sense through innovative spirit. Historical criticism nowhere occurs as an isolated fact in the civilisation or literature of any people. It is part of that complex working towards freedom which may be described as the revolt against authority. It is merely one facet of that speculative spirit of an innovation, which in the sphere of action produces democracy and revolution, and in that of thought is the parent of philosophy and physical science; and its importance as a factor of progress is based not so much on the results it attains, as on the tone of thought which it represents, and the method by which it works. A gifted poet, playwright and wit, Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) was a phenomenon in 19th-century England. He was illustrious for preaching the importance of style in life and art, and of attacking Victorian narrow-mindedness. Wilde is immortalized through his works, and the stories he wrote for children, such as «The Happy Prince» and «The Selfish Giant», are still vibrant in the imagination of the public, especially «The Picture of Dorian Gray», the story of a young handsome man who sells his soul to a picture to have eternal youth and beauty, only to face the hideousness of his own portrait as it ages, which entails his evil nature and degradation.

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Este ebook presenta «Colección integral de Oscar Wilde» con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Tabla de contenidos: Prosa: El retrato de Dorian Gray Cuentos: El príncipe feliz El ruiseñor y la rosa El amigo fiel El insigne cohete El crimen de lord Arthur Savile El fantasma de Canterville El modelo millonario El retrato del Sr. W. H. El cumpleaños de la infanta El niño estrella Obras de teatro: El abanico de Lady Windermere Una mujer sin importancia Un marido ideal Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) fue un escritor, poeta y dramaturgo irlandés. Wilde es considerado uno de los dramaturgos más destacados del Londres victoriano tardío; además, fue una celebridad de la época debido a su gran y aguzado ingenio. Hoy en día, es recordado por sus epigramas, sus obras de teatro y la tragedia de su encarcelamiento, seguida de su temprana muerte.

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This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment which was followed by his early death. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London. At the height of his fame and success, while his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde had the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, prosecuted for libel, a charge carrying a penalty of up to two years in prison. The trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency with other men. After two more trials he was convicted and imprisoned for two years' hard labour. In 1897, in prison, he wrote De Profundis which was published in 1905, a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain.

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This carefully crafted ebook: «Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal (A Gay Erotica Classic attributed to Oscar Wilde)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Teleny is a pornographic novel, first published in London in 1893. The authorship of the work is unknown. There is a general consensus that it was an ensemble effort, but it has often been attributed to Oscar Wilde. Set in fin-de-siècle Paris, its concerns are the magnetic attraction and passionate though ultimately tragic affair between a young Frenchman named Camille de Grieux and the Hungarian pianist René Teleny. The novel is significant as one of the earliest pieces of English-language pornography to explicitly and near-exclusively concern homosexuality; as well as for a lush and literate, though variable prose style – and a relative complexity and depth of character and plot development – that give it as much in common with the Aesthetic fiction of the period as with its typical pornography. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) is a central figure in aesthetic writing. Wilde was a poet, fiction writer, essayist and editor. Oscar Wilde is often seen as a homosexual icon although as many men of his day he was also a husband and father. Wilde's life ended at odds with Victorian morals that surrounded him. He died in exile.

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