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【Introduction】
Heismostfamousforhissophisticated,brilliantlywittyplaysandalsoforhiseccentricityindress,tastesandmanners.Hisfirstpublishedwork,Poems(1881),waswellreceivedandservedasaspringboardforhis1882UnitedStateslecturetour.
OscarWilde(1854-1900)wasborninDublintounconventionalparents.Hismother,LadyJaneFrancescaWilde(1820-96),wasapoetandjournalist.HerpennamewasSperenza.AccordingtoastoryshewardedoffcreditorsbyrecitingAeschylus.Wilde'sfatherwasSirWilliamWilde,anIrishantiquarian,giftedwriter,andspecialistindiseasesoftheeyeandear,whofoundedahospitalinDublinayearbeforeOscarwasborn.HisworkgainedforhimthehonoraryappointmentofSurgeonOculistinOrdinarytotheQueen.LadyWilde,whowasactiveinthewomen'srightsmovement,wasreputedtoignoreherhusbandsamorousadventures. |
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