Tour of America In the early 1880’s, when Aestheticism was the rage and despair of literary London, Wilde established himself in social and artistic circles by his wit and flamboyance. Soon the periodical Punch made him the satiric object of its antagonism to the Aesthetes for what was considered their unmaculine devotion to art and in their comic opera Patience. Wilde agreed to lecture in the United States and Canada. Wilde was given the paradoxical …showed first 75 words of 1570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1570 total…ideas and thoughts, which brought new life in the arts. Wilde was a man of beauty and the Americas were in a state of needing some. The inspiration that Wilde created gave them a new life. Though Wilde was not impressed of what America had to offer he came home more talented and confident than ever before. Bibliography Cevasco, G.A. Oscar Wilde. Charlotteville, NY: SamHar Press, 1972. Ellmann, Richard. Oscar Wilde. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.