CliffsNotes on The Importance of Being Earnest
Chapter One
LIFE AND
BACKGROUND
OF THE
PLAYWRIGHT
The following abbreviated biography of Oscar Wilde is
provided so that you might become more familiar with his
life and the historical times that possibly influenced his writing.
Read this Life and Background of the Playwright section
and recall it when reading Wilde's The Importance of
Being Earnest, thinking of any thematic relationship between
Wilde's play and his life.
Wilde's Early Years 2
Education, Travel, and Celebrity 2
Marriage and Commercial Success 5
A Playwright with a Secret Life 5
Disaster and Ruin 6
Wilde's Last Years 8
Wilde's Early Years
Oscar Wilde's unconventional life began with an equally unconventional
family. He was born Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
on October 16, 1854, at 21 ... read full excerpt from CliffsNotesTM The Importance of Being Earnest ebook
