Oscar Wilde: Everyman Poetry (PHOENIX HARDBACK POETRY)

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  2003

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  Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin, the son of a surgeon and a poet. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate poetry prize. In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd, and in 1888 he published The Happy Prince. His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray appeared in 1890. He had major comedy successes in the theatre until he was ruined by imprisonment for homosexual offences. The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) was inspired by his experience in prison

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  Poems by Oscar Wilde (1881) is a collection of his famous poetry which represents the full range of his achievement as a poet and includes the memorable poem to his sister with other masterpieces like On The Sale By Auction Of Keats Love Letters, Sonnet On Hearing The Dies Irae Sung In The Sistine Chapel, Ravenna and The Ballad of Reading Gaol. With a Wildes keen perception of human feelings and emotions make this a mature anthology of poetry.