Oscar Wilde: Life and Literary Works

Oscar Wilde, born in ______, he studied at Trinity College, Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford, where in 1878 he won the Newdigate Prize for his poem "Ravenna".

In 1891, he published ______, his only novel which was panned as immoral by Victorian critics, but is now considered one of his most notable works.

Wilde's plays were well received including his satirical comedies ______ (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), his most famous play.

In 1885, Wilde was hired to run ______, a once-popular English magazine that had recently fallen out of fashion.

During his two years editing ______, Wilde revitalized the magazine by expanding its coverage to "deal not merely with what women wear, but with what they think and what they feel."

Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late ______ England.

Wilde wrote that all art is at once ______ and symbol.

The Lady's World should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of ______, art and modern life.

Wilde died of ______ on November 30, 1900.

Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is ______, complex and vital.

Wilde was deeply committed to the principles of ______ throughout his entire life.