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Wilde was born and educated in Dublin, but it was in London where he became one of the most celebrated - and provocative - writers of his century.
He lived life to the extreme and he joined the Aestheticism, a movement that affirmed the predominance of art and beauty in individual and social life.

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In this course we have focused on Wilde's only novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", but actually he became successful thanks to his works for the theatre.
In his brilliant comedies he criticised Victorian Values.
[see Victorian Compromise]

Main plays to remember
- Lady Windemere's Fan (1892)
- A Woman of No Importance (1893)
- An Ideal Husband (1895)
-The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

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The novel can be summarised as the story of a handsome and innocent young man's seduction, moral corruption and eventual downfall.

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"Art for art's sake" meant that art has no aim but its own perfection.

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Basil Hallward
Dorian Gray
Lord Henry Wotton
Sybil Vane
The Portrait

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Unfortunately his "last days" were very gloomy. Actually when he was found guilty of having a relation with a man, almost all his friends abandoned him. He was imprisoned for two years; he got very ill, and finally died of meningitis in Paris in 1900.

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- The importance and power of beauty in relation to the intellect and the soul, and the fleeting nature of beauty.

- Hedonism: the devotion to pleasure as a way of life; one’s sole priority is to seek pleasure/happiness without regard for others.

-  Faust’s mith: “The Tragical History of Doctor Faust” was written by Christopher Marlowe in 1587. Faust sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge while Dorian sells it for beauty and youth. Faust feels he is not worth to be saved, Dorian doesn't think he needs to be saved or to repent.