Oscar Wilde Bio 7

[@silverstuff182]

If not for Robbie Ross we wouldn't know hardly anything about Wilde. He deserves more praise.

[@blackpoolbarmpot]

Thanks for bringing the series of seven clips of Oscar Wilde, I thoroughly enjoyed them. He has always been a 'Hero' of mine. A fantastically witty genius, whose witty remarks are as true today, as they were in the Victorian era. It's a shame that the 'narrow mindedness' of the Victorian era, could not cope with Oscar Wilde's complicated private life. But I am glad to say that in our more enlightened society, Oscar Wilde is seen in a new light and for his literary expertise, wit, & genius.

[@kaunaskas]

His friend Robert Ross wrote that "He was conscious that people were in the room, and raised his hand when I asked him whether he understood. He pressed our hands. I then sent in search of a priest, and after great difficulty found Father Cuthbert Dunne ... who came with me at once and administered Baptism and Extreme Unction. - Oscar could not take the Eucharist" Holland, A. and Rupert Hart-Davis (2000): The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde. pp. 1219-1220, New York: Henry Holt and Co

[@frompixieland]

thanks very much for posting this, I'm now reading De Profundis and is giving me a different insight into OW's work.

[@deliriousweare]

it's just so awful how society lifts you up, and smashes you down in the next second. I mean, I didn't think he behaved much worse than any other guy who left his wife and children for another love. (And I am sure, no man went to prison because of heterosexual affairs in these times) Its just so sad, cause Wilde wanted to live his real life openly and teach society a little more personal freedom. but society failed...again.

[@zthetha]

An excellent bio of my favourite English (sorry - Irish) writer. Wilde was a remarkable man in many respects - just what the stuffy 19th century Brits needed to shock them out of their pathological, hypocritical complacency - had they possessed a shred of humanity.and been able to respond. Even after the catastrophic shocks of two world wars their furtive, frustrated, immature sexual attitudes persist. Oscar was an incredible talent and a rare, truly human being.

[@TenderTrap86]

Unfortunately, this bio doesn't mention Oscar Wilde's conversion into the Roman Catholic Church. Bosie eventually converted as well.

[@omfug7148]

Bosie became a religious zealot, he also married and had a son, the son died in a lunatic asylum.

[@annchovey2089]

This is a great lesson about what an unrestrained life of excess leads to. Such a shame that he had such a great wit and masterful use of words and did not really know how to appreciate it.

[@thetruthchannel349]

Sad but true.

[@Vic35102]

It is unfortunate that he was born in the Victorian period because his unique personality and Outlook with the perfect for now the world needs people like him to be offbeat beautiful and quirky also it is once I generation men like Oscar Wilde that gives people the opportunity to be allowed to declare this is who I am and I make no excuses for it right man wrong x

[@atamira232]

Thank you for posting, it was woth watching.

[@TenderTrap86]

@truvianni Off the top of my head, I remember reading that he started attending mass, every once in a while, while he was in university, and had a few friends who were priests. People argue about how genuine his coversion was. But, from what I've learned about the man, he spent his entire adult life flirting with Catholicism, as much as he did potential lovers, and that he wasn't impulsive about his philosophy, or theology, of life. That's my opinion.

[@asma_chaabani]

Thank you Thank you Thank you so much !!!! You made my day ! I was revising , and bored to death to prepare something worthy for Oscar Wild's "Picture of Dorian Gray" , and I suddenly came across this documentary which is perfectly done! ... You opened my mind and motivated me to write guys ! ^^ million thanks :)

[@baciu14]

so many artists are "crucified"in their time but in our modern world are called geniouses ( well only some ) and their works of art classics

[@davidmiranda4745]

A beautiful man! Thanks for sharing this =)

[@MrBenson1956]

great bio, thanks for the availability

[@SillyLoveSongBeatles]

Oscar Wilde FOREVER

[@goodAdonis]

heartbreaking.

[@TenderTrap86]

@truvianni I'm not sure if that's sarcastic, so I will answer the question directly. No. Oscar Wilde, like many other English literary figures of his era, converted to the Catholic Church, almost in submission, to a truth that he came face to face with, and just could not refuse.Somewhat like Augustine of Hippo, this man of great learning, eventually came to the point where it's as if he felt there was no other option, no other way to be complete.

[@1LG1116]

@cruzincustoms54 @TheAgentChaos can we just appreciate the genius of Oscar Wilde instead of bringing in your perspectives on religion? this is about him, not a religious debate

[@celladora31]

If you listened at all you would have noted he was bisexual...party on Wayne.

[@thetruthchannel349]

And if you listened you would noted he was clearly a pedophile. A grown man having sex with young boys is hardly comparable to Charlie Chaplin marrying a 16 year old girl. Sorry. Youre take on logic is quite irrational. I have judged you quite the irrationale.

[@48acar19]

There is a huge irony in the fact that Oscar Wilde was a martir for a cause that was in no way his cause: homosexuality. During his trial he mentioned the beauty of the "love that dares not say its name, which is the love between an older man and a younger one". This was named in the Ancient Greece pederasty. Ironically by using the newly invented word "homosexuality" he has eased the victory of a different type of love! In fact even Byron was a martir for pederasty and not the gay love!

[@gunnarnizzler]

thanks for helping me on my report!

[@katherinehutton9870]

Oscar Wild is proof that be gay is not a sin to god. Why would god make someone gay and a genius.

[@LONEEAGLE_space_rock]

maybe God wanted to demonstrate that even gay geniuses can and will be persecuted lol

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

What a stupid comment. So murder is not a sin because God created the person who decided to murder?

[@katherinehutton9870]

MiamiPush2theLimit Last tip i check when god wrote down his pet peeves Thou shalt not kill was one, Thou shalt not love the same sex was not. Being god I pretty sure he could have made room for anything else he thought was important on those stone tablets.

[@silaslangsyd]

A Sin you say . Funny that . I wonder if Oscar thought the same . I doubt it .

[@annchovey2089]

+Silas Lang He sure did seek out God at the end though.

[@AliFareedMC]

Oscar Wilde 3 Brave man

[@karenclare2477]

a great man

[@bensimps123]

@patrickttierney he was oscar wild

[@wade43671]

Isn't it sad how genius is seldom recogonized until after the fact. I wonder if the life and works of Oscar Wilde had any impact on the openly gay writer Truman Capote? Perhaps these tragic figures of history gives the future the will to carry on.

[@ChechiDLR]

It's funny how someone so irresponsible and egotistical can be admired just cuz he wrote some books that some people like. He reaped what he sowed and there was no one to blame but himself.

[@thetruthchannel349]

Kind of an oxymoron when you take into consideration that the Picture of Dorian Gray was really the Picture of Oscar Wilde's own soul.

[@whit2642]

Chechi De La Rocha we admire him because he admits and accepts what he did.

[@steveweinstein3222]

Nor did he blame anyone but himself. What makes him admirable is the way he embraced his irresponsibility and egotism.

[@lsjt8924]

You sound like a cold, judgemental, small-minded and close-minded person, who really doesn’t know much about Wilde at all, and certainly hasn’t read what he wrote in prison.

[@Mataaa]

like si respiras :v

[@celladora31]

Jim Jeffries? Is that you? LOL God hates shrimp too, mentioned that alot more than homosexuality. Oh and he hates cursing too, so stop that.

[@thetruthchannel349]

Wrong. The Torah was written to the ancient Israelites ONLY. It was also fulfilled by Christ and nailed to the cross with HIM as the Apostle Paul reminded the Colossian church in Colossians Ch 2. And shrimp is not mentioned more than homosexuality in Scripture. Surely you know better than than.

[@TenderTrap86]

But, Wilde, in the search to satiate his own decadence and desires, was crushed also by his own free choice.

[@thetruthchannel349]

And thats why freedom without boundaries is chaos

[@zthetha]

@hollierocker1 So glad.

[@dpbrawla]

Bruh

[@RoulfYelrab]

HaaaaHAhahaHaHahA!!!!!