Lady Speranza Wilde: Poet, Patriot, and Mother of a Legend

The poet, nationalist and salon hostess who lit the fuse under Irish rebellion — and under her son’s imagination.

Sir William Wilde: Scandal, Silence, and the Shadow Over Oscar

The surgeon-scholar whose brilliance and scandals both shaped — and haunted — Oscar Wilde’s upbringing.

More in Family & Origins:

• A Lock of Hair: Isola Wilde and the Poem That Broke Oscar’s Heart
• Willie Wilde: The Brother in the Shadow of Genius

Bosie, Queensberry and the Fall of Oscar Wilde

Pride, rage, desire and the calling card that ignited one of literary history’s most infamous trials.

The Green Carnation: Wilde, Queer Codes, and the Art of Being Noticed

A flamboyant flower, a private signal, and the mischievous joke that became a cultural icon.