Across the pond from 'The Gilded Age,' Oscar Wilde wasn't exactly trying to hide his homosexuality, as seen in this '97 ...

Bon vivant Oscar Wilde was well-known for his way with a bon mot: “I can resist everything except temptation.” “Don’t be led astray down the path of virtue.” “Only shallow people do ...

Many today know Oscar Wilde as controversial, flamboyant, and a debonair Victorian dramatist through his works the “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and "The Importance of Being Earnest." Happy ...

Oscar Wilde, the 20th century’s most famous sexual dissident, has been dead 100 years to the day. From his deathbed in a seedy Paris hotel, he has seeped into our collective consciousness and ...

Oscar Wilde’s birthday is Oct. 16 — he was born on that day in 1854 — and there’s a simple way to both celebrate it and give yourself a present: Pick up a copy of “Oscar Wilde: A Life ...

The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde; The First Uncensored Transcript of the Trial of Oscar Wilde vs. John Douglas (Marquess of Queensberry), 1895; With an Introduction and Commentary by Merlin Holland ...

Oscar Wilde was a theatrical Irish writer whose work was venerated in London in the 1890s. Wilde married in 1884 and had two children, but was sentenced to two years in jail after being found ...

In 1895 Oscar Wilde fought a spectacular duel in court with Edward Carson, an up-and-coming lawyer and politician. It was one of the most scandalous trials of the Victorian era.

The films “Oscar Wilde” and “The Trials of Oscar Wilde,” both of which came out in 1960, put the emphasis on his downfall, as did the biopic “Wilde” from 1997 and numerous theatrical ...