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Wilde, Oscar: No Importance
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[I]n England, Oscar continued to be a pariah. After being released from prison in May 1897 he spent the last years of his life in France. Oscar was a broken spirit, his most notable work in his final years being The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
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Oscar Wilde died just three years after being released from prison in November of 1900. Historically, it was believed that Oscar Wilde died from syphillis, but more recent studies have reported that he died of a severe ear infection. According to Dr. Ashley Robins, with the University of Cape Town in South Africa, "Oscar Wilde died of meningoencephalitis secondary to chronic right middle-ear disease."
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Notorious for his quick wit, oddities of dress, and decadent behaviour, Oscar Wilde's perceptive - sometimes poisonous - pen pierced the heart of Victorian Society. As a dramatist, his delightfuly droll dialogue set new standards of satire and launched the modern age of English comedy.
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Oscar Wilde came through in the same facetious and sarcastic manner for which he was known whilst on Earth. At first it was not clear who was talking. When Mrs. Greene asked for his name the voice answered:
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Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, was an amazing man. He was contraversial yet never truly over-powered, thanks to his wit. Why do you think people still remember him today? What did he do and/or say that was so important/special? How does he affect modern day novels, poems and theatre?
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In April 1895, English and Australian newspapers avidly reported the scandal of Oscar Wilde. Wilde had accused the Marquis of Queensbury of libel. The Marquis had left a note at Wilde’s club suggesting the author was immoral. The note read, "Oscar Wilde posing somdomite", and Oscar decided to sue.
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