Jane Wilde was a niece (by marriage) of the novelist, playwright and clergyman Charles Maturin, who may have influenced her own literary career.

Nov 5, 2025 · While studying at Oxford in the 1870s, Oscar Wilde gained notice as a scholar, poseur, wit, and poet and for his devotion to the Aesthetic movement, which held that art …

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realization of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and …

May 23, 2025 · Oscar Wilde was an author, playwright, and poet in late Victorian England known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. Originally from Ireland, …

At a time when all citizens of Britain were finally able to embrace literature the wealthy and educated could only once afford, Wilde wrote many short stories, plays and poems that …

Sep 25, 2025 · Explore Oscar Wilde’s extraordinary life, iconic works like The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, and lasting legacy. A complete guide with must …

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Wilde struggled with the state of his soul, and desperately wanted to believe, but continually found that he could not. His own beliefs and particularly his faith in the material world, simply could …

Wilde published a volume of poems early in his career as a writer. Some of these poems were successful, but his only enduring work in this genre is The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1896).

Oscar Wilde was a nineteenth-century Irish poet and playwright, one of the most influential and celebrated. Associated with the Aesthetic Movement, he connected to the visual arts of his …