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Poems (1881) prints a luxury-aesthetic public that treats ordinary labour as offstage

In 1881 Wilde issued Poems, a public first book of luxury-aesthetic verse. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Income Inequality.

Poems (1881) prints a luxury-aesthetic public that treats ordinary labour as offstage

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In 1881 Wilde issued Poems, a public first book of luxury-aesthetic verse.

Context

Medium confidence. Split later Soul of Man as a different economics.

Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

1881 is not 1891 socialism essay.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Oscar Wilde

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactPoems (1881) prints a luxury-aesthetic public that treats ordinary labour as offstage
    2. strengthensDriverIncome Inequality

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 June 1881 · verified

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.British LibraryBritish Library · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

British Library catalogue practice and Gutenberg’s Wilde verse independently present the 1881 Poems as a public book.

Established: 1881 public Poems. Not established: a unique wage series.

Contribution type is direct.

Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorOscar Wilde
  2. contributed toFactPoems (1881) prints a luxury-aesthetic public that treats ordinary labour as offstage
  3. strengthensDriverIncome Inequality

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Factrail. (2026). Poems (1881) prints a luxury-aesthetic public that treats ordinary labour as offstage. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-class-aesthetic-1881

https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-class-aesthetic-1881

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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