![]() In France, he met Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, Mallarme, Toulouse Lautrec, Degas, and Pissaro. When Wilde returned from America he went to Paris. On his arrival he told the customs agent: "I have nothing to declare but my genius." Soon after, he was invited to come to America himself to lecture on aesthetics. He began a five-act tragedy that developed into The Duchess of Padua. Miss Mary Anderson, a New York actress, asked him to write a play for her. Interest in Wilde spread across the ocean to America. They elicited a somewhat hostile reaction from critics, but they had popular appeal and went into five editions. ![]() The following year, he published his collected poems at his own expense. In 1880 he wrote his first play, Vera, though it was not performed. ![]() 1878: Oscar Wilde during his time at Oxford.Īt Oxford, he began to write reviews of London art exhibits. ![]()
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