Oscar Wilde: The World's First Celebrity

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) is known for his plays and novels, and perhaps for being the first 'celebrity' in the modern sense of the term. But he was also a political radical - an avowed supporter of causes including Irish nationalism, feminism and socialism.
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[@thomasinamcnaughton7020]

Oscar was my teenage idol, and so much more than the popular view of him as just a Victorian a wit with long hair. His mother was a massive influence on him, as detailed in the Richard Ellmann biography. Excellent video as always.

[@RadicalHistory]

Thanks Thomasina! From the brief amount we found out about his mother, she does seem to have been a big influence on him for sure.

[@BiancaTait]

Wonderful information packed video beautifully presented. I have always loved Oscar - what a legend. Very much enjoyed this, thank you Luke!

[@RadicalHistory]

Thanks Bianca!! He was a hilarious character - but serious at the same time.

[@jamesfoster1961]

Excellent video. And when you throw in the post modernist art theory in Critic As Artist, you are absolutely right to look at his radical thinkling, not just the plays.

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Thanks James!

[@ayushdwivedi7857]

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[@deusmate]

Wonderful video

[@corinnae.7877]

I love him so much, even my mom says that he's my boy

[@Aldarionz9]

Oscar was so progressive even for these times in the early 21st century.

[@doriangray6653]

nice

[@irenevisciano640]

The most beautiful and important part of his life, that is often, if not always, CANCELED in school programmes (and unfortunately in this video, too) regards his final years, signed by a SPIRITUAL AWAKENING that led him to repent and convert to Catholicism, the faith he has always been close to since childhood.
The rainbow community has been using the wrong person to sponsor their indoctrination agenda. I don't think Oscar would appreciate their exploitation of him.
DE PROFUNDIS is a meaningful letter that is worth being read to understand that in the end Wilde found TRUE beauty and freedom by getting rid of libertinism/dandysm and all the illusions of beauty and freedom he indulged in during his life. Indeed, he finally conquered his FREEDOM by embracing humbleness, suffering and the Word of Jesus. If he had continued to live for other decades, he would have written far more beautiful works and maybe he would have been hated by current the lobbysts who use him as a flag for their political antichristian propaganda. RIP.

[@wordscapes5690]

Nah, I think that title belongs to Liszt