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Master of Outwitting the Victorians with Oscar Wilde
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Surrounded by gold sunflowers (sunflowers!) Shining peacock feathers on the wall (on the wall!) Just trying to live up to his blue china (so blue!)
schopenhauer Wilde wears a green carnation and carries a sunflower as living fashion statements
schopenhauer A stylish young Oscar Wilde poses in his Oxford room decorated with lilies.
Wilde's accent shift: To fit in at Oxford, Oscar Wilde spent months training away his Irish lisp and accent, adopting a perfectly polished English tone.
A person who has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty. Born in Dublin in 1854, Oscar Wilde spent his youth cultivating a deep devotion to art.
What artistic philosophy did Oscar Wilde champion, which argued that art should exist solely for its beauty rather than to teach moral lessons?
Which prestigious university did Oscar Wilde attend in England starting in 1874, where he famously remade his style and accent?
What flower did Oscar Wilde and his followers famously wear as a symbol of the Aesthetic Movement?
How did Oscar Wilde's mother, Speranza, famously respond when British authorities threatened to shut down her radical newspaper, "The Nation"?
Who was Oscar Wilde's mother, a famous Irish nationalist poet who wrote under a pen name?
What prize did Oscar Wilde win at Oxford University in 1878 for his poem "Ravenna"?
Which Dublin university did Oscar Wilde attend before transferring to Oxford, winning a gold medal in Greek?
In 1883, Oscar Wilde shocked his followers by cutting his signature long hair to mimic which historical figure?