Definition of Oscar wilde

1. Noun. Irish writer and wit (1854-1900).


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Literary usage of Oscar wilde

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"oscar wilde, under the same pernicious influences, succumbed to the mood which was not a new creation in literature, but which was a direct reflection of ..."

2. Contemporary Portraits by Frank Harris (1920)
"In the early eighties I met oscar wilde continually, now at the theatre, now in some society drawing-room; most often, I think, at Mrs. Jeune's (afterwards ..."

3. American Book Prices Current (1919)
"WILDE (Oscar).—Continued. In a Good Cause. A Collection of Stories, Poems and Illustrations. [Containing a contribution by oscar wilde.] bond., 1885. 8vo. ..."

4. The British and American Drama of To-day: Outlines for Their Study by Barrett Harper Clark (1921)
"(For details of the trial, which are beyond the scope of the present work, see Arthur Ran- some's " oscar wilde," original edition, ..."

5. Representative One-act Plays by British and Irish Authors by Clark, Barrett Harper, 1890- (1921)
"SALOME oscar wilde oscar wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. His early education was received in his native country; after three years at Trinity College, ..."

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