Oscar Wilde

Oxford University

4.3 (17)
EDUCATION

New lecture series on Oscar Wilde, his life, his works and his philosophy delivered by Dr Sos Eltis, lecturer in English

11/12/2013

5. Wilde's Plays

Fifth lecture in the Osar Wilde series. Sos Eltis talks about Oscar Wilde's plays including an Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Ernest and A Woman of No Importance.

59 min
11/11/2013

4. Wilde and Sexuality

Fourth lecture in the Oscar Wilde series. Looking at Wilde's sexuality and how it influenced his literature.

58 min
11/11/2013

4. Wilde and Sexuality (Transcript)

Fourth lecture in the Oscar Wilde series. Looking at Wilde's sexuality and how it influenced his literature.
11/11/2013

4. Wilde and Sexuality (Transcript)

Fourth lecture in the Oscar Wilde series. Looking at Wilde's sexuality and how it influenced his literature.
10/29/2013

3. Art and Morality

Sos Eltis gives the third lecture in the series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on Wilde's concept of morality shown in his works including the Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and The Devoted Friend.

59 min
10/29/2013

3. Art and Morality (Transcript)

Sos Eltis gives the third lecture in the series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on Wilde's concept of morality shown in his works including the Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and The Devoted Friend.
10/22/2013

2. Wilde, Victorian and Modernist

Sos Eltis gives the second lecture in her series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on his place in the modernist tradition.

58 min
10/22/2013

2. Wilde, Victorian and Modernist (Transcript)

Sos Eltis gives the second lecture in her series on Oscar Wilde, focussing on his place in the modernist tradition.
10/14/2013

1. The Art of Biography and the Biography of Art

First lecture in the Oscar Wilde series in which Sos Eltis talks about Wilde's life and his work, De Profundis.

51 min
10/14/2013

1. The Art of Biography and the Biography of Art (Transcript)

First lecture in the Oscar Wilde series in which Sos Eltis talks about Wilde's life and his work, De Profundis.

10 Episodes

4.3

out of 5

17 Ratings

Beautiful

07/25/2020

Hrrjordan

I really enjoyed these lectures. I even read The Soul of Man and De Profundis after listening.
Going Wilde

06/23/2018

space.snail

This is a truly excellent lecture series on the subject of Oscar Wilde, given by an engaging and enthusiastic lecturer. To be sure, there are a few audio issues, especially in the 4th episode, but that is always a risk of recording anything live. Regardless of these few issues, the content of this series is nothing short of brilliant, with vital insights into the character of Wilde, his politics, and most importantly his works. This series is a necessity for anyone seeking to understand Oscar Wilde, and I would highly recommend it to anyone.
Eltis sucessfully engages through discussion of the enigmatic Wilde.

04/26/2014

jazzy898

These lectures are most definitely among my favorite, seeing as Oscar Wilde has always been an intruiging literary figure to me. Being a fairly young student (and fairly new to Wilde's works), I've reached a great epiphany through these discussions in regards to my uncertainty on the topic of "Wilde, the man". The realization was that there is no definitive way to analyze this man's profound works of literature- the ambiguity and mystique are what make Wilde such a controversial literary icon. Every reader will have different experiences and perceptions of Oscar Wilde. He was a great artist and existed within his life bearing the copious burden of intense scrutiny deriving from Victorian society. As Wilde himself said, "It is the spectator, and not life, that art mirrors". You, the individual, will experience Wilde in your own right; and will create projections upon what you believe to be 'symbolic'. It is through these projections which you will learn more about YOU than you will ever learn about Wilde. This is exactly what Wilde intended. To be obscure and to the blur lines; to challenge reality from fiction, fact from lie, and art from life. Eltis's analysis is riveting- these lectures are most definitely worth a lesson. I am constantly reminded of how much I so desperately desire to attend Oxford... what a course!
Excellent except for sound quality in some episodes

10/25/2017

OrangeMoJoJo

This is an excellent introdution to Wilde, and Eltis is an extremely prepared and enthusiastic speaker. Unfortunately, the sound quality in the fourth episode renders it unlistenable. Ironically, this was the episode on Wilde and sexuality that was being censored by this annoying scrape-y/static-y noise. Maybe he's just tired of the subject and had to intervene from beyond. (;<