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- Hedonistic philosophy
52: (...) Life itself was the first, the greatest, of the arts, and for it all the other arts seemed to be but a preparation.

- Sensual pleasures
30: (...) lying sleeples in his own delicately-scented chamber
39: (...) have the most celebrated musicians of the day to charm his guests with the wonders of their art.

- Cult of Beauty
8: There was something in the purity of his face that rebuked them.
10: They wondered how one so charming and graceful as he was could have escaped the stain...

- Life beyond common morality
11: They wondered how one so charming and graceful as he was could have escaped the stain of an age that was at once sordid and sensual.
21: He grew more and more enamoured of his own beauty, more and more interested in the corruption of his own soul.
32: (...) under an assumed name, and in disguise, (...)

- Exotic and refined things
41: His little dinners, (...) were noted for (...) the exquisite taste shown in the decoration of the table, (...) arrangements of exotic flowers and embroidered cloths.

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Despite his fame and success, Wilde was accused and tried due to his homosexual relationship with Lord Douglas.
He was arrested and sentenced to two years hard labour.

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nnmm- major representative of the aesthetic movement
- art more important than life
- protest against industrialisation and the falsity and prudery of Victorian age
-  transposed what he believed into his lifestyle
- scandalous attitude --> accused of and arrested for his homosexuality

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-1854: Born in Dublin
-educated at Trinity College
-1873: study at Oxford
-Wilde's favourite book: Studies of History in the Renaissance
- Wilde was influenced by John Ruskin
- won a reputation as a conversationalist
- Wilde became a writer
- moved to London
- in London, Wilde became the leader of       Aesthetic Movement
- 1881: Wilde was invited to the US for a series of lectures
- 1888: Wilde wrote the fable "The happy prince"
- 1891: Wilde wrote the fable "The house of Pomegranates", which was linked to "The happy prince"
- he achieved literary success with the novel "The picture of Dorian Gray" in 1891
- Wilde was arrested in 1895 beacause of his homosexual relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas
- after prison (1895-97), he lived in miserable conditions, supported by his friends
- Wilde died in 1900 in a small hotel

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= his only philosophical novel
- about his aesthetic theories about life of sensation and pleasure as the supreme form of art
-Defender of "l`art pour l`art", at the same time he criticised the hypocritical society thoughts

ambivalent Person -> see it in his novel too
-issuses and themes:
the cult of beautiful things
the search for pleasure and artistic emotions as
the Goal of life
a proclaimed indifference to moral and social
issues
mystery and horror

-man of taste (Artist) is above common morality (stands over others) and he must pursue his own asthetic goals
-the novel has analogues with folk and fairy tales of a person whose life is strictly dependent on a magic object

-aesthetic doctrine : pursuit of pleasure and beauty as the true purpose of life for Dorian
-element of mystery visible throughout the novel
-end is in line with classic horror and crime stories
-moral aim: there is a price to be paid for a life of pleasure

Plot:
- the main character Dorian Grey, a very beautiful young man, who lives a life of pleasures and pursues his own asthetic goals, owns a portrait of himself
- gradually, he shows more and more pleasure about the picture or in general  about himself
- making a wish (magic object), he desires to stay forever young
- he stays young physically, but every time he makes a sin, his portait ages
- he resolves to amend his life but cannot muster the courage to confess his crimes
- the painting now reveals his supposed desire to repent for what he has done
- finally, Dorian Grey attempts to destroy the portait with a knife
- there is a crash and his servants find Dorian dead on the floor, while the portrait is unharmed, showing Dorian as a beatiful, young man again

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First works and literary success:
Series of fables, which he collected in two volumes:
- " The happy prince and other tales" (1888)
- " A house of Pomegranates" (1891)

First literary success: novel " The Picture of Dorian Gray " (1891)

Light comedies:
- " Lady Windermere´s Fan" (1892)
- " A woman of No importance" (1893)
- " An ideal husband " (1895)
- greatest one : " The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895)

The final years:
end of career and success : 1895 -> arrested and sent to prison , because of homosexual relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas
Inspiration for " The Ballad of Reading Gaol " (1898) and "De Profundis" (1905) -> more somber view of life
After prison (1897) : aged and broken man
Paris: he lived a miserable existence supported by money from friends
died alone in 1900