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Some, she knew, looked upon Thompson almost as a saint, but others read in `` The Hound Of Heaven '' what they took to be the confessions of a great sinner, who, like Oscar Wilde, had -- as one pious writer later put it -- thrown himself `` on the swelling wave of every passion ''.
* 1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
Likewise, Oscar Wilde wrote, " We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, the language " ( The Canterville Ghost, 1888 ).
For Oscar Wilde the contemplation of beauty for beauty's sake was not only the foundation for much of his literary career but was quoted as saying " Aestheticism is a search after the signs of the beautiful.
* 1895 – Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
", written after the trial of Oscar Wilde, addressed more general social injustice towards homosexuality.
Later important examples of the poetic form included Rudyard Kipling ’ s ‘ Barrack Room Ballads ’ ( 1892-6 ) and Oscar Wilde ’ s ‘ Ballad of Reading Gaol ’ ( 1897 ).
* Oscar Wilde ( 1854 – 1900 ), author and playwright ( educated in Portora Royal School )
Other influential writers and playwrights include Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift and the creator of Dracula, Bram Stoker.
Given these connotations, dandyism can be seen as a political protestation against the rise of levelling egalitarian principles, often including nostalgic adherence to feudal or pre-industrial values, such as the ideals of " the perfect gentleman " or " the autonomous aristocrat ", though paradoxically, the dandy required an audience, as Susann Schmid observed in examining the " successfully marketed lives " of Oscar Wilde and Lord Byron, who exemplify the dandy's roles in the public sphere, both as writers and as personae providing sources of gossip and scandal.
It contains Christopher Street and the Stonewall Inn, important landmarks, as well as the world's oldest gay and lesbian bookstore, Oscar Wilde Bookshop, founded in 1967.
Patience ( 1881 ) satirised the aesthetic movement in general and its colourful poets, in particular, combining aspects of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, James McNeill Whistler and others in the rival poets Bunthorne and Grosvenor.
Richard D ' Oyly Carte was the booking manager for Oscar Wilde, a then lesser-known proponent of aestheticism, and dispatched Wilde on an American lecture tour in conjunction with the opera's U. S. run, so that American audiences might better understand what the satire was all about.
A secret British society called the " Order of Chaeronea " campaigned for the legalisation of homosexuality, and counted playwright Oscar Wilde among its members in the last decades of the 19th century.
Within weeks of the Stonewall Riots, Craig Rodwell, proprietor of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in lower Manhattan, was working to commemorate them by replacing the Annual Reminder, which had been held annually in at Independence Hall in Philadelphia since 1965, with a celebration of the Stonewall Riots.
Oscar Wilde, famous anarchist irish people | irish writer of the decadent movement and famous dandyThe English enlightenment political theorist William Godwin was an important influence as mentioned before.
The Irish anarchist writer of the Decadent movement Oscar Wilde influenced individualist anarchists such as Renzo Novatore and gained the admiration of Benjamin Tucker.
" Woodcock finds that " The most ambitious contribution to literary anarchism during the 1890s was undoubtedly Oscar Wilde The Soul of Man under Socialism " and finds that it is influenced mainly by the thought of William Godwin.
These authors and activists included Oscar Wilde, Emile Armand, Han Ryner, Henri Zisly, Renzo Novatore, Miguel Gimenez Igualada, Adolf Brand and Lev Chernyi among others.
Oscar Wilde, famous anarchist Irish people | Irish writer of the decadent movement and famous dandyThe anarchist writer and bohemian Oscar Wilde wrote in his famous essay The Soul of Man under Socialism that " Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
Milford composed the music for Salome, based on the Oscar Wilde play and also starred in it as Mark Taper Forum, in Los Angeles in 1979.

Oscar and wrote
The first documented bouldering advocate may have been Oscar Eckenstein, a British engineer and innovative climber who wrote about bouldering, and in the 1890s conducted an informal bouldering competition for natives in Askole, a village in the Karakoram mountains.
Former Weismann performers at the reunion include Max and Stella Deems, who lost their radio jobs and became store owners in Miami ; Solange La Fitte, a coquette, who is still vibrant three decades later ; Hattie Walker, who has outlived five younger husbands ; Vincent and Vanessa, former dancers who now own an Arthur Murray franchise ; Heidi Schiller, for whom Franz Lehár once wrote a waltz ( or was it Oscar Straus?
Oscar Wilde, famous anarchist Irish people | Irish writer who published the libertarian socialist work titled The Soul of Man under SocialismThe anarchist writer and bohemian Oscar Wilde wrote in his famous essay The Soul of Man under Socialism that " Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
Peter Howell, in his review for the Toronto Star, wrote, " It's hard to believe that this is the work of a team that won an Oscar last year for the original screenplay of Fargo.
Oscar Levant wrote that Newman initially was hesitant to leave New York for Hollywood: " Too close to the cake ," he reported him saying, " Also, no place to study.
In the England of the Aesthetic Movement, Aubrey Beardsley's drawings attested profound kinship with the figure ; Olive Custance ( who would marry Oscar Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas ) published the poem " Pierrot " in 1897 ; and Ernest Dowson wrote the verse-play Pierrot of the Minute ( 1897, illustrated by Beardsley ), to which the composer Sir Granville Bantock would later contribute an orchestral prologue ( 1908 ).
Hart also wrote some screenplays, including Gentleman's Agreement ( 1947 ) – for which he received an Oscar nomination – Hans Christian Andersen ( 1952 ) and A Star Is Born ( 1954 ).
Serling wrote many of the teleplays, including " Camera Obscura ", " The Caterpillar " ( based on a short story by Oscar Cook ), " Class of ' 99 ", " Cool Air " ( based on a short story by H. P.
Harris also wrote short stories and novels, two books on Shakespeare, a series of biographical sketches in five volumes under the title Contemporary Portraits and biographies of his friends Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw.
In 2006, James Berardinelli wrote, “ Z was the third feature film from Greek-born Costa-Gavras, but it is the movie that captured him to the world's attention, winning a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Osborne wrote many of the celebrated Mickey Mouse daily strip adventures which were later adapted into the popular Big Little Books of the 30's and 40's (" Pirate Submarine ", " The Seven Ghosts ", " Oscar the Ostrich ", " Race For Riches ", " Mickey Mouse Runs His Own Newspaper ", and several others ).
Louella Parsons, an American gossip columnist, wrote about Oscar night, February 29, 1940:
Lyrics, were written by Harold Adamson ( nominated 5 times for an Oscar )-nephew Bruce Adamson noted, that " Harold wrote several hundred songs for the film industry such hits as Wyatt Earp ; Time on My Hands ; Coming in on A Wing and a Prayer ; Around the World in 80 Days, An Affair to Remember, Sinatra's first Oscar nomination " I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night ," Jean Harlow's last song, Did I Remember ; naming a few " and the lyrics to ' I Love Lucy ' was sung by Desi Arnaz, written for the episode by Harold Adamson " Lucy's Last Birthday ":
Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland, wrote, " It was his decision fifty years ago to publish the first edition of Oscar Wilde's letters which helped to put my grandfather back into the position which he lost in 1895 as one of the most charismatic and fascinating figures in English literary history.
With J. Milligan, he wrote the 2003 book The Wisdom of Big Bird ( and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch ): Lessons from a Life in Feathers ( ISBN 0-375-50781-7 ).
He received Oscar nominations for his portrayals of evangelical preacher Euliss " Sonny " Dewey in The Apostle ( 1997 ) — a film he also wrote and directed — and lawyer Jerome Facher in A Civil Action ( 1998 ).
Concerning volume one of the book, The Sunday Times reviewer Oscar Turnill wrote that " Fleming was right in judging the children's market ripe for the ... cliff hanger " and praised his " avuncular and knowledgeable storytelling ", which was matched by Burningham's illustrations.
For writing the screenplay for Equus, he was nominated for the 1977 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar but the award went to Alvin Sargent, who wrote the screenplay for Julia.
Between two movies made by Orson Welles ( see below ), he wrote the score for William Dieterle's The Devil and Daniel Webster ( 1941 ), for which he won his only Oscar.

Oscar and poem
Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.
* " Endymion ", a poem by Oscar Wilde
He made many television appearances, including an episode of NBC's The Virginian, in the episode " The Brazen Bell ", in which he recites Oscar Wilde's poem " The Ballad Of Reading Gaol ".
He appeared on the television show The Equalizer in the 1987 episode " First Light " and as the narrator of director Richard Kwietniowski's short film Ballad of Reading Gaol ( 1988 ), based on the poem by Oscar Wilde.
* To R. R .: On Rereading the " De Profundis " of Oscar Wilde ( 1912 ), a poem by Florence Earle Coates.
The lyrics were based on the poem " Les Silhouettes " by Oscar Wilde, and Cale co-wrote the music with Zazou.
* Jeanne Moreau-" Each Man Kills The Things He Loves " ( Music by Peer Raben, lyrics from Oscar Wilde's poem " The Ballad of Reading Gaol ")
* " Ravenna ", a poem by Oscar Wilde
* A Sufi poem called al-Zib wa al-Kis reworks Oscar Wilde's plot around a mystical theme
Among Ibert's early orchestral compositions were La Ballade de la geôle de Reading, inspired by Oscar Wilde's poem, and Escales ( Ports of call ), inspired by his experiences of Mediterranean ports while he was serving in the navy.
" On these walks he often carried with him Oscar Williams ' A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry ( 1946 ), and Hill speculates: " there was probably a time when I knew every poem in that anthology by heart.
* The poem is alluded to in Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, when Sibyl Vane says, " I have grown sick of shadows.
In an episode of The Odd Couple, Oscar mentions the poem casually to Felix.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol ( 1904 ) The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile either in Berneval or in Dieppe, France, after his release from Reading Gaol on or about 19 May 1897.
Giovannitti's poem " The Walker ," in which he recounted the tormented footsteps of a prisoner, brought him comparisons to Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde.
He is also praised for his passion in Oscar Wilde's poem " Amor Intellectualis ".
Oscar Wilde dedicated to him his long poem " The Sphinx " ( 1894 ) " in friendship and admiration.
He translated La balada de la cárcel de Reading ( 1932 ; “ The Ballad of Reading Gaol ”) from the English poem by the 19th-century writer Oscar Wilde.

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