1. he was born in Dublin in1854
1.1. he grew up in an intellectual environment
1.1.1. his mother was a poet and a journalist, his father was a deserving doctor
1.1.2. he attended to Trinity college
1.1.2.1. he awarded a scolarship to Oxford
1.1.2.1.1. here he came in contact with many academics who influenced him with their aesthetic theories
2. he graduated in 1878
2.1. he moved to London where he became one of the most important voice of the movement of 'art for art's sake'
2.1.1. The slogan ‘art for art’s sake’ is associated with this movement because the writers and artists supported the idea that art should provide refined sensuous pleasure, rather than sentimental or moral message. The art should only show what the artist wants to show from the beauty of art.
2.2. it was a group of artists who devoted their art against Victorian moralism which is known as the Aesthetic Movement
2.2.1. According to the Movement, art should be kept separated from any social, political and economic influence.
3. he toured the US giving lessons about his poems in 1882
4. he got married with Constance Lloyd in 1884
4.1. they had two sons
5. he became an editor of The Womans' World magazzine in 1887 and he worked there for 2 years
5.1. he published The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888), where hr reveals his gift for romantic allegory in the form of the fairy tale
6. 1890-1895
6.1. he published The Picture of Dorian Gray (published in Lippincott’s Magazine in 1890 and in book form, revised and expanded by six chapters, in 1891)
6.1.1. in 1891 he began an affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed 'Bosie', the son of the Marquis of Queensberry
6.1.1.1. in 1892 he publisched Lady Windermere’s Fan and in the same year Salomé.
6.1.1.1.1. he produced Woman of No Importance in 1893
7. 1887-1900
7.1. Wilde was released with his health irrevocably damaged and his reputation ruined.
7.1.1. He spent the rest of his life in Europe, publishing 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' in 1898.
7.1.1.1. he died in 1900 in Paris
7.1.1.2. in 1905, De Profundis was published