{"id":481,"date":"2022-03-08T23:15:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T23:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/?p=481"},"modified":"2022-04-11T17:20:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:20:34","slug":"blog-post-7-is-wilde-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/03\/08\/blog-post-7-is-wilde-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 7: Is Wilde “Wild”?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 till 1900, and was a Irish poet and playwright. He wrote many playwrights and dramatic pieces during the Victorian era. As a child, and during college, he was known for his intelligence and during the 1890s, his playwrights became popular. Some of his most famous works were, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). <\/strong>Although his work was gaining popularity, he became a controversial figure as a writer and a person. One of his writings that got a great deal of attention during the 1890s, was the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. The novel contained elements of homosexuality and was banned due to this. To add, this shed highlight into his personal life and his marriage. He was suspected on having an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1891. This unsettled Douglas father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and blamed Wilde for his son\u2019s acts. Queensberry accused Wilde of committing homosexual acts, and Wilde went onto trial and sent to prison. All these events affected Wilde\u2019s reputation and status and was labeled as \u201cwild.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of his most controversial works was his novel \u201cThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u201d, where one of the characters tell Dorian “It is quite true I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man should ever give to a friend. Somehow I have never loved a woman.\u201d This sentence was one of the many parts that were censored and changed. It was viewed as \u201cvulgar\u201d, \u201cpoisonous\u201d, and \u201cdiscreditable.\u201d To add, the novel was considered \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201cimmoral\u201d for young and older audiences. In this quote, Dorian\u2019s companion confesses his love for him and reveals his homosexuality. This was considered \u201cwild\u201d because society only believed in a relationship between a man and a woman. Being in a same-sex relationship was considered taboo, and therefore Wilde was labeled as a \u201cwild\u201d writer. During this time, his writing and identity were not accepted by society, but I don\u2019t consider him to be a \u201cwild\u201d writer. It was a different time and period, hence the \u201cwild\u201d label, but his work is now accepted in today\u2019s society. He is known and respected for his work and considered to be a famous playwriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Jaileen Gutierrez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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