In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd, and they had two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan. The next year he lectured to great acclaim in the United States, where his drama Vera (1883) was produced. His first published work, Poems (1881), was well received. Influenced by the aesthetic teachings of Walter Pater and John Ruskin, Wilde became the center of a group glorifying beauty for itself alone, and he was satirized with other exponents of “art for art’s sake” in Punch and in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta Patience. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself for his scholarship and wit, and also for his eccentricity in dress, tastes, and manners. He is most famous for his sophisticated, brilliantly witty plays, which were the first since the comedies of Sheridan and Goldsmith to have both dramatic and literary merit. (Oscar Fingall O’Flahertie Wills Wilde), 1854–1900, Irish author and wit, b. Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. As a dramatist, his delightfuly droll dialogue set new standards of satire and launched the modern age of English comedy. Notorious for his quick wit, oddities of dress, and decadent behaviour, Oscar Wilde’s perceptive – sometimes poisonous – pen pierced the heart of Victorian Society. This collection is exclusively obtained from “The Quotable Oscar Wilde” by Sheridan Morley. Oscar Wilde Quotes Oscar Wilde Famous Quotes
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