Oscar Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright who became a key figure of the Aestheticism movement of the late nineteenth century. Known for his epigrammatic wit, his plays and criticism, together with his own flamboyant public persona, made him the best known English language exponent of the idea of art for art's sake. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Picture of Dorian Gray already in-genre Gothic Fiction; Wilde himself carried no in-genre edge to it.
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Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Aestheticism section
He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era.
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16 October 1854-30 November 1900
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Oscar Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright who became a key figure of the Aestheticism movement of the late nineteenth century.
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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854-30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s.
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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854-30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s.
In Genre: Gothic Fiction, Opening biographical summary, Dorian Gray
Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890).
In Genre: Gothic Fiction, Opening biographical section, Gothic novel
Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
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