Your opinion?

I think it's important to remember the place a writer has in history and the ability they had to find progress based on the world they inhabited.

Oscar, as far as I'm aware, was a master at writing interesting nothingness in his plays. The gossip between two women for example.

Currently he has been far outstripped by people who can do better on a smart phone, however he brought this as a concept of gossip in a natural way to the fore.

Not really, Wilde's Socialist views are massively overestimated, people like to masturbate to the idea of him reading Kropotkin but his views in "The Soul of Man under Socialism" doesn't fit under any conventionally understanding of Socialism and display little understanding.

For example hasn't it his own evidence because if he had he would've known Wilde defends private property and attacks altruism.

In The Soul of Man under Socialism he attacks private property if I remember correctly?

But yeah, Oscar had a very shallow understanding of socialism, I truly doubt he would be fond of USSR or Maoist China as I have seen some socialists imply.

>Currently he has been far outstripped by people who can do better on a smart phone

Could you explain this a little bit?

People also conveniently ignore the historical context in which theses were written, at the time they were attempting to create a Libertarian-Capitalist welfare state and to Wilde Capitalism was a form of collectivism.

Basically in modern day equivalents he was attacking the Scandinavian model and collective bargaining.

>I don't read plays
That's not a play, doofus. It's literally in the collection you posted lmao.

>I-I swear I read guys! I have an opinion on Oscar Wilde even though I haven't read him!

I dont read plays. Stop

So for me. Stop

Oscar Wilde is one of the worlds greatest writer of childrens literature. Stop

You illiterate nigger

I mean the gossip from people written on a smart phone is far more natural, as it's real. And it's easily shared so it's easy to imitate.

But for a man (gay or not) during his time to listen to women gossip and go away to find his wet-ink pen and write down what he'd heard with such truth and accuracy is quite a feat. Not to mention that there are few examples (I can think of at least) of it being so well done before.

Your post says that you did not read 'The Nightingale and the Rose' because you thought it was a play; when really it's not. Who's the illiterate nigger now?

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Did I trigger you, femanon?

You. Since Oscar Wilde is known as a playwright, and I dont read plays, when I think of Oscar Wilde, I think of him as an author of children's works. And then I linked the picture. It was fucking clear, and you are too dense to see it. kys

>saying "kys" . Go back to tumvlr , woman.

Look at your post again The post you were responding to was asking for thoughts on the mentioned works. You greentexted 'the ballad of reading gaol' and said it was your favorite poem. Then you greentexted 'The nightingale and the rose' and said you don't read plays; when it's not a poem.

>kys
Are you a 17-20 year old femanon? I can't imagine anyone else getting this emotional over a mistake they made. Just acknowledge it. It's not a big deal.

>talking shit about the USSR or Mao

rude faggot

I'm this guy Just as an à propos, I also think of Oscar Wilde's short stories when I think of him as an author. Sure he's known as a playwright, but the only works of his that I've completed were all his short stories and his short novel.

The only work of his I remember reading was The Ghost of Centerville. Absolutely fucking fantastic read; hilarious, beautifully articulated with a touch of depth.

Apparently most of his works aren't comedies so I can't speak him for his body of work as a whol3 - but the aforementioned book is wonderful.

He's pretty gay

The ghost of canterville is my favorite work by him too. Incredibly funny

I actually wrote a term paper in a Vic Lit class undergrad concerning the first and third, and even know much of The Ballad by heart. De Prof moved me mightily when I was younger, but I haven't reread it since school. Cannot therefore make a fair assessment. The essays mentioned, however, I return to time and again. I therefore have a strong opinion concerning them.
Wilde's tales are for the most part solid. Again, imo.