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Few authors of the Victorian period were as immersed in classical learning as Oscar Wilde. Although famous now and during his lifetime as a wit, aesthete, and master epigrammist, Wilde distinguished himself early on as a talented classical scholar, studying at Trinity College Dublin and Oxford and winning academic prizes and distinctions at both institutions. His undergraduate notebooks as well as his essays and articles on ancient topics reveal a mind engrossed in problems in classical scholarship and fascinated by the relationship between ancient and modern thought. His first publications were English translations of classical texts and even after he had 'left Parnassus for Piccadilly' antiquity continued to provide him with a critical vocabulary in which he could express himself and his aestheticism, an intellectual framework for understanding the world around him, and a compelling set of narratives to fire his artist's imagination. His debt to Greece and Rome is evident throughout his writings, from the sparkling wit of society plays like The Importance of Being Earnest to the extraordinary meditation on suffering that is De Profundis , written during his incarceration in Readi

Who reads Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity?

Author

Kathleen Riley;Alastair J. L. Blanshard;Iarla Manny; & Alastair J. L. Blanshard & Iarla Manny

Publisher

OUP Premium

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191840142

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Philosophy