Classic Oscar Wilde
4 total works
Written in 1883, set in Sixteenth century Italy The Duchess of Padua is a play written by Oscar Wilde. Featuring a self-denying duchess, the play presents deep emotions such as love, revenge, and hatred. It is a melodramatic play that was written in five acts. It is one of Wildes first major works and hints at the genius of the author through its remarkable and profound characters.
A collection of poems and sonnets, Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde was published in 1919. The work includes narrative poems that at times reflect on his personal experiences and sonnets that are a reflection of the beauty around him. The poems reflect a myriad of emotions.
Reviews (1908) is a volume of critical and literary views and reviews of Oscar Wilde about various subjects and writers. These reviews, illustrating the middle period of the writer's maturing career, between the aesthetic period and the production of Lady Windermere's Fan, reveal his opinions of the contemporaries who thought little of him. Some of the reviews are prophetic in nature, some are biased by hostile or friendly prejudice, others are witty and positive.
Shorter Prose Pieces is a collection of lectures and quotes by Oscar Wilde, in which he talks about various topics and themes. In Slaves of Fashion, Wilde criticizes the evils of corsetry, and in Woman's Dress, he advises women to suspend the weight and reduce the number of layers of clothing and make it more hygienic. He advises them to wear more antique dresses. Other pieces such as Costume, Phrases, and Philosophies for the Use of the Young and The American Invasion are also included in the volume.