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The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand and Naples, after his release from Reading Gaol (/ r ɛ. d ɪ ŋ. dʒ eɪ l /) on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison.
Oscar Wilde in New York in 1882; by 1897 he had lost much weight after a year and a half in prison. In 1891, Wilde began his intimate friendship with Lord Alfred Douglas , a young, vain aristocrat. As the two grew closer, family and friends on both sides urged Wilde and Douglas to lessen their friendship.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwrights in London in the early 1890s. [3]
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"The Soul of Man Under Socialism" is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldview and a critique of charity. [1] The writing of "The Soul of Man" followed Wilde's conversion to anarchist philosophy, following his reading of the works of Peter Kropotkin .
The two never met but Wilde would observe the condemned man during silent exercise periods in the prison yard, known as the 'Fools' Parade'. [10] The execution of Wooldridge (known as "C.T.W" in the poem) had a profound effect on Wilde, inspiring the line in the ballad "yet each man kills the thing he loves".
Reginald Turner by Carl Van Vechten (1935). Reginald Turner (2 June 1869 [1] – 7 December 1938) was an English author, an aesthete and a member of the circle of Oscar Wilde.He worked as a journalist, wrote twelve novels, and his correspondence has been published, but he is best known as one of the few friends who remained loyal to Wilde when he was imprisoned and who supported him after his ...