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The first more or less objective biography of Wilde came about when Hesketh Pearson wrote Oscar Wilde: His Life and Wit (1946). [253] In 1954 Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland published his memoir Son of Oscar Wilde, which recounts the difficulties Wilde's wife and children faced after his imprisonment. [254] It was revised and updated by Merlin ...
Italiano: Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) ritratto da Napoleon Sarony nel 1882; nel decennio successivo sarebbe divenuto a Londra uno dei drammaturghi più famosi. È ricordato per i suoi aforismi e commedie, per il romanzo Il ritratto di Dorian Gray e per i procedimenti giudiziari a suo carico, che condussero alla sua condanna ai lavori forzati - secondo la legge del tempo - per palese ...
Holland has studied and researched Wilde's life for more than thirty years. [3] He is the co-editor, with Rupert Hart-Davis, of The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde. [4] [6] He is the editor of Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess, the first uncensored version of his grandfather's 1895 trials.
This is a bibliography of works by Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), a late-Victorian Irish writer. Chiefly remembered today as a playwright, especially for The Importance of Being Earnest, and as the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray; Wilde's oeuvre includes criticism, poetry, children's fiction, and a large selection of reviews, lectures and journalism.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical fiction and gothic horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde.A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.
In Hollywood, the only thing more fun than setting the status quo is disrupting it. Studios have traditionally released so-called prestige films in the fall and winter so that they would be fresh ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1945 American supernatural horror-drama film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel of the same name. Released in June 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , the film was directed by Albert Lewin , and stars George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton and Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray.
An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be bacterial sepsis, likely related to having her spleen removed following a serious car accident in 2008, increasing her risk of infections.