oscar wilde Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/oscar-wilde/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 09:47:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Behind Every Great Man: Lady Jane Wilde https://booksbywomen.org/behind-every-great-man-lady-jane-wilde/ https://booksbywomen.org/behind-every-great-man-lady-jane-wilde/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:25:15 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14616 When Lady Jane Wilde (1821-1896) learned that her son Oscar’s latest play had the provisional title ‘A Good Woman’, she wrote to express her disapproval: ‘I do not like it- “A Good Woman”. It is mawkish. No one cares for a good woman. “A Noble Woman” would be better,’ she insisted. Oscar renamed his play […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/behind-every-great-man-lady-jane-wilde/feed/ 1 14616 In Search of Wilde’s Women https://booksbywomen.org/in-search-of-wildes-women-by-eleanor-fitzsimons/ https://booksbywomen.org/in-search-of-wildes-women-by-eleanor-fitzsimons/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:14:10 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14193 If you were asked to name a man you would not readily associate with women, Oscar Wilde might spring to mind. Due to the relentless focus on his sexuality and the magnitude of the injustice perpetrated against him, Wilde’s life is often examined in terms of his relationships with men. Yet, as I discovered when […]

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