/lit/ - Literature

Where do I start with him?

>>21964435
Fantasy has always been homoerotic, the only difference is that now you're starting to notice.

The GOAT (gayest of all time)

>>20468606
>Wilde
Added to the reading list for this fit alone

>It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Thank god this thread exists, holy shit where would we be without it. Also to actually answer since only white faggots listen to them I’d say call of the fagodile. The hate fags give, eat pray get called a faggot

What are his comfy works I feel sad

>>20373619
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is one of the greatest English writers of all time. Say something nice about him.

>victorian lit class
>learning about this guy
>go way into the trial
>student in the front points out that this man had evidence he fucked 13-15 year olds while he was in his late 40's against him
>prof has a meltdown, spends two minites trying to 'add context' then says it doesnt matter
>different student asks why the fuck it doesnt matter
>IT. JUST. DOESNT. OKAY?
>prof red faced, white knuckling his powerpoint clicker
>finished the class, prof sends out an email he wont be allowing any more homophobia in his class

So why are people so defensive of this? He was a preening sodomite and fucked street urchin gay hookers, why do people just ignore that?

What is his best work?

>>19750804
OP is obviously using it in jest, because gay authors of those days would absolutely despise the 'LGBT community'.

Look at this ugly seething incel.

In general, was Oscar Wilde based or cringe?

>"Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious."

Was he right?

"Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling"
what did he mean by this?

>>18195636
Marketing will be important too. This perhaps may be the most fun for anons, as we can all play our roles as best we see them... the pot-stirrers can engender controversy, the thesaurus wankers can distill the 19th Century British exoticism and fantasy so integral to our cause.... Really the great temples of the DARK ACADEMIA movement are so obvious as to be easy to replicate. Perhaps even fun to parody...
Look up any burgeoning freshman girl's DARK ACADEMIA tiktok/instagram account and you'll often have the list fed to you by hand.
-Look like you're a badboy that skips class at HOGWARTS
-Have some oral fixation, whether tea/coffee addiction, pen twirling/biting a la William Buckley, cigarettes/alcohol for the beat minded...
-Surround yourself with books, the older the better, (though old in this case seems concentrated around the 19th Century British and Russian novelists, with very shallow voyeurs into Classical Antiquity)

Again, I must stress... It seems that no ACTUAL analysis, well-roundedness, literary taste, or talent is necessary to join this ship. It is an exercise in pure aesthetics.

So certainly Oscar Wilde should be shilled.

What are some good romance books? I want to be better at attracting women with conversation, im very bland and i like to be more playful. The only book that has helped me is The picture of Dorian Grey. What are some books with playful and witty dialogue?

>>17594873
I forgive you, OP

>>17387866

But there is nothing more /lit/ than enjoying the company of boys. Makes you a better writer.

Was he top or bottom?

>"All art is quite useless"

>"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence."
What do you think of this quote by Wilde? Do you agree? Pursuant to that, is irony (in tone) just a creative hiding place for artistic hacks?

>>16706797
>Yes