Oscar Wilde, a wit, a poet, a novelist and a dramatist, lived in the period of Victorian era. Creative writing was deeply affected by the general spirit of the age. The period saw the triumph of evolutionism in science, the rapid growth of capitalism, poverty, colonial wars, economic and political rivalry among countries, unemployment, the emancipation of woman, the rise of the proletariat. The democratic movement was associated with the idea of social progress, a growing faith in the common man and a conviction that this condition should be changed. However, Oscar Wild denied the social and educational value of art and literature.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was born in Dublin in the family of a famous Irish surgeon and a poetess. …
