Just bought the complete works of Oscar Wilde, aside from Dorian Gray I know nothing about his work (writing style, subject matter, etc) What kind of writer was he?
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Jackson Perez
a homo
Jack Harris
Great playright. Decent writer of childrens' stories. Average poet (by 1890s standards). Terrible essayist.
William Hernandez
Jason Smith
Ballad of Reading Gaol, the nightingale and the rose, and The Young King are his best.
Joseph Davis
Nigga you better fucking read Teleny, or the Reverse of the Medal. It will change your life.
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Lucas Howard
Was Wilde a sadist? 95% of his childrens' stories are about someone suffering and dying horribly, usually a beautiful boy.
Jason Morales
Sounds like I have a fun read ahead of me
Joseph Price
>gay sex
You won't get me this time
William Watson
Thanks for that it was funny as hell, Now I definitely look forward to reading it
Jason Davis
I think it was the christ story that fascinated him.
Brandon Parker
I liked The Importance of Being Earnest and some of his short stories best.
Michael Price
Why are you not reading Dorian Gray? It is his defining novel. You cannot be a reader of Wilde if you haven't read it.
He was a cool homo who understood the beauty of life and he glorified youth and physical beauty, something that is uncommon with elitist artists of today.
His love for aesthetics and purity are reflected in his writing.
Adam Moore
Gay sex where a dude dies from having a bottle shoved up his ass and shattering, nigga.
Landon Hill
I'll give it a shot then
Joseph Parker
Couldn't you argue that that in itself is a manifestation of sadism?
I'm honestly fascinated by this.
Gavin Lopez
Oh please. Only a few even resemble that plot. What about the Nightingale or the Giant or the Rocket or the Happy Prince? None of them were specifically about suffering and dying.
Sebastian Butler
More like the Picture of Dorian GAY
(Homosexuality is a subtext in the work.)
Ryan Hall
If only you had all of his writings at hand and could read them and judge for yourself instead of creating shit threads.
Grayson Long
His non-fiction is solid. Read The Critic as Artist and The Decay of Lying.
Skip De Profundis, it's 100 pages of unbearable whining and blaming others for his own mistakes.
Asher Thompson
oscar wilde is not gay you revisionist faggot
Jackson Foster
You blind, blind nigga.
>Nightingale
Nightingale suffers and dies for student, student gets his heart broken
>Giant
Boy bearing the stigmata of Christ appears and talks about the "wounds of love"
>Rocket
The rocket fizzles out and doesn't achieve any of his aspirations
>Happy Prince
Prince literally tears himself apart to help others, swallow freezes to death too
Each of these stories, with the exception of the Rocket, features a martyrdom. Nightingale and Happy Prince have martyrdom as their central theme.
Isaac Clark
His kids books are relatively enjoyable, slightly dated fables with a biblical vibe. Dorain Gray is a masterpiece. The plays are funny and well written.
His aphorisms and wit are up there with anyone.
Owen Reed
Is The Duchess of Padua a good place to start?