Sunday, June 10, 2012

Oscar Wilde Sculpture in Dublin

Here he is in all his glory.  Oscar Wilde in Dublin's Merrion Square Park.  I did take my own photo but could not find it and had to borrow one of the many from Google Images.  When I was in Dublin about six years ago, our "guide" suggested that he was in his typical drunken state.  When I googled "Oscar Wilde Statue, Dublin", I found some rather nasty commentary such as "The Queer with the Leer".   Oh stop you asshole homophobes!  Oscar was a wonderful writer regardless of his sexual preference.  I loved Dorian Grey.  I also  love his socks1

4 comments:

Speedway said...

I did look him up earlier, Neetzy, and found this same image. I think he's wonderful - probably more like the living man than any ol' stuffy "official" sculpture would have been.

neetzy said...

Thanks Speedway! I do love Oscar! I wish I could find the actual photo I took of him...oh well.

dive said...

It'll turn up, Neetzy.
He was a true genius (as he himself had the genius to declare).

neetzy said...

Now it's Joyce's turn. Bloomsday is upon us!