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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s.
"The Soul of Man Under Socialism" is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldview and a critique of charity. [1] The writing of "The Soul of Man" followed Wilde's conversion to anarchist philosophy, following his reading of the works of Peter Kropotkin. [2]
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde, first published in May 1888.It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket."
1999 saw the publication of Oscar Wilde on Stage and Screen by Robert Tanitch. This book is a comprehensive record of Wilde's life and work as presented on stage and screen from 1880 until 1999. It includes cast lists and snippets of reviews. In 2000 Barbara Belford, a professor at Columbia University, published Oscar Wilde: A Certain Genius.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical fiction and gothic horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde.A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand and Naples, after his release from Reading Gaol (/ r ɛ. d ɪ ŋ. dʒ eɪ l /) on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison.
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The Ghost of Canterville (1965–1966) is an opera by the Russian composer Alexander Knaifel to a libretto by Tatiana Kramarova based on Wilde's story. Das Gespenst von Canterville , television opera in 1 act, music by Heinrich Sutermeister, after Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost, 6 September 1964, Mainz, ZDF