Oscar Wilde

Als Lord Henry Wotton, ein etwa drei ig Jahre alter Hedonist, bei dem K nstler Basil Hallward das lebensgro e Bildnis eines au ergew hnlich sch nen Mannes entdeckt, m chte er diesen kennen lernen. Zuf llig erscheint der J ngling zu einer weiteren Sitzung bei dem Maler, als Henry Wotton noch da ist. Bei Dorian Gray handelt es sich um einen naiven Zwanzigj hrigen, dem erst durch das Gem lde bewusst wird, wie sch n er ist. Die geistreich-zynischen Bemerkungen des Lords schlagen bei ihm eine bisher unbekannte Saite an, etwa wenn dieser ihm r t, die Jugend auszukosten und sich keine lustvollen Ausschweifungen zu versagen.

The poem narrates the execution of Wooldridge; it moves from an objective story-telling to symbolic identification with the prisoners as a whole. No attempt is made to assess the justice of the laws which convicted them, but rather the poem highlights the brutalisation of the punishment that all convicts share. Wilde juxtaposes the executed man and himself with the line "Yet each man kills the thing he loves". Wilde too was separated from his wife and sons. He adopted the proletarian ballad form, and suggested it be published in Reynold's Magazine, "because it circulates widely among the criminal classes - to which I now belong - for once I will be read by my peers - a new experience for me".

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious person to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play. The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde's career but also heralded his downfall. The Marquess of Queensberry, whose son Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's lover, planned to present the writer with a bouquet of rotten vegetables and disrupt the show. Wilde was tipped off and Queensberry was refused admission. Soon afterwards their feud came to a climax in court, where Wilde's homosexual double life was revealed to the Victorian public and he was eventually sentenced to imprisonment. His notoriety caused the play, despite its early success, to be closed after 86 performances. After his release, he published the play from exile in Paris, but he wrote no further comic or dramatic work.

Two young gentlemen living in 1890's England use imaginary friends to inject some excitement into their seemingly dull lives. Jack Worthing invents a brother, "Ernest," whom he pretends to be in order to visit his beloved Gwendolen in the city. Meanwhile, friend Algy Moncrieff uses the name "Ernest" while visiting Jack's beautiful young ward, Cecily in the country. Much confusion ensues as the two women find out they have been deceived by their "Ernests." Some would call this a society comedy; others, a Victorian farce. Regardless of the term used, this full colour graphic novel captures the era effortlessly. With an intricate attention to detail, wonderful characterisation and dramatically expressive and humorous artwork, this really is a graphic novel to cherish.

A reduced, simplified dialogue version of the Original Text for a fast-paced read. Two young gentlemen living in 1890's England use imaginary friends to inject some excitement into their seemingly dull lives. Jack Worthing invents a brother, "Ernest", whom he pretends to be in order to visit his beloved Gwendolen in the city. Meanwhile, friend Algy Moncrieff uses the name "Ernest" while visiting Jack's beautiful young ward, Cecily in the country. Much confusion ensues as the two women find out they have been deceived by their "Ernests". Some would call this a society comedy; others, a Victorian farce. Regardless of the term used, this full colour graphic novel captures the era effortlessly. With an intricate attention to detail, wonderful characterisation and dramatically expressive and humorous artwork, this really is a graphic novel to cherish.

Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorian’s own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the burden of conscience. Oscar Wilde’s only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth.

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A esa chica la hab a visto en un carruaje amarillo y que desde ese momento le hab a fascinado instant neamente y que no pudo dejar de pensar en ella y que despu s se estuvo paseando por esa calle para ver si pod a verla de nuevo. Una semana despu s la vio. La primera vez que le habl fue un mal comienzo, seg n l, tambi n se sent a est pidamente enamorado. Le pidi que si podr a volver a verla y ella con un poco de duda le dijo que a las cinco menos cuatro. El d a de la cita lleg puntualmente pero le dijo que lady Abroy ya hab a salido, le mand una carta a su casa pero ella le pidi que no lo volviera a hacer y que se las mandara a otra direcci n, era tan misteriosa que lord Murchison pensaba que estaba bajo la posesi n de alg n hombre pero despu s abandon esa idea.

El cr tico artista es un ensayo de Oscar Wilde que contiene las declaraciones m s completas sobre su filosof a est tica. Es un di logo en dos partes, de lejos, el m s extenso incluido en su colecci n de ensayos titulada Intenciones publicada en mayo de 1891. Es una versi n ampliamente revisada de art culos que aparecieron por primera vez en los n meros de julio y septiembre de la revista literaria The Nineteenth Century, titulada originalmente La verdadera funci n y valor de la cr tica. El ensayo es una conversaci n entre el personaje principal, Gilbert, y Ernest, cuya importancia estriba en sugerir ideas que Gilbert rechace. El ensayo pretende desbaratar la distinci n entre arte y cr tica tan estimada por artistas y cr ticos tales como Matthew Arnold o James Abbott McNeill Whistler s lo el esp ritu cr tico posibilita cualquier creaci n art stica de modo absoluto, mientras que la cr tica es independiente del objeto que critica y no est necesariamente sujeta al mismo. El ensayo aboga por la vida contemplativa frente a la vida activa. Seg n Gilbert, el principio cient fico sobre la herencia demuestra que nunca somos menos libres ni tenemos m s ilusiones que cuando tratamos de actuar con un prop sito consciente en mente. La contemplaci n cr tica se gu a por el sentido est tico consciente, as como por el alma. El alma es m s sabia que nosotros, es la experiencia de la raza concentrada, revelada por la imaginaci n. La cr tica est por encima de la raz n, la sinceridad y la imparcialidad; es necesariamente subjetiva. Por ello es por lo que, cada vez m s, el futuro como tema pertenece a cr tica y no a la creaci n creaci n y la necesidad de imponer una forma al caos aumenta constantemente. Es la cr tica m s que la simpat as emocional, la tica abstracta o ventajas comerciales lo que nos har cosmopolitas y servir como base de la paz.

A esa chica la hab a visto en un carruaje amarillo y que desde ese momento le hab a fascinado instant neamente y que no pudo dejar de pensar en ella y que despu s se estuvo paseando por esa calle para ver si pod a verla de nuevo. Una semana despu s la vio. La primera vez que le habl fue un mal comienzo, seg n l, tambi n se sent a est pidamente enamorado. Le pidi que si podr a volver a verla y ella con un poco de duda le dijo que a las cinco menos cuatro. El d a de la cita lleg puntualmente pero le dijo que lady Abroy ya hab a salido, le mand una carta a su casa pero ella le pidi que no lo volviera a hacer y que se las mandara a otra direcci n, era tan misteriosa que lord Murchison pensaba que estaba bajo la posesi n de alg n hombre pero despu s abandon esa idea.

Publicada por primera vez en 1888, esta colecci n de cuentos permite observar la grandeza literaria de la que era capaz Wilde, y de su profundo entendimiento del ser humano. Amor, odio, vanidad, ego smo, amistad, desinter s, humildad, son algunos de los sentimientos que encontraremos en estas p ginas, lo que nos llevar a la reflexi n y al goce literario. Un cl sico de la literatura universal que todos debemos leer. Oscar Wilde fue un escritor, dramaturgo y poeta irland s, c lebre por su ingenio, su estilo est tico refinado y su cr tica mordaz a la hipocres a de la sociedad victoriana. Fue una figura destacada del movimiento esteticista, que proclamaba el arte por el arte (l'art pour l'art), y es conocido tanto por su obra literaria como por su tr gica vida personal.