Importance Of Being Oscar
A poet, novelist, and dramatist, Oscar Wilde embarked on a great quest. ... Wilde was an important and prolific letter writer, a poet, an essayist, a writer of children’s fiction, and fantasy, and a superlative playwright (“Oscar Wilde: A Biography” 15). ... In particular, major reference is made to Wilde’s most successful and most popular play entitled The Importance of Being Earnest. ... If a reader could only look back at Oscar Wilde’s family tree and discover the background of the Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, and dramatist, they would probably be able to have a pretty good idea what Oscar was destined to dedicate his life to. Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 to father William Robert Willis Wilde and mother Jane Francesca Elgee in the family’s Dublin home (“Oscar Wilde: A Biography” 17). William Wilde was well known as one of Ireland’s finest oculists and surgeons, but also earned respect as an archaeologist who wrote numerous books about Irish folklore (“Oscar Wilde: A Biography” 16). Oscar’s mother also was involved in her fair share of writing. Jane Wilde published many books of poetry, wrote essays, and translated prose from French and German (“Oscar Wilde: A Biography” 17). ... She settled into family life and focused her writing to Irish folklore and even tutored Oscar, his elder brother William Willis, and his young sister Isola Francesca at home (“Oscar Wilde: A Biography” 17).