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Repeal and revolution: 1848 in Ireland

Repeal and revolution: 1848 in Ireland

Christine Kinealy

in1871.259 One of themost talented, prolific and colourful ofthewomen contributors tothe Nation was 'Speranza', ... although she maintained her link with her radical past by writing as Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde.263 However, Speranza ...
The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde:

The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde:

Joseph Pearce

most impressive combination of all these names, signing herself Francesca Speranza Wilde. The flight of fancy into the Tuscan mists to claim Dante's inheritance may have been wishful thinking, but Lady Wilde's verifiable ancestors are ...
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems

The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems

Oscar Wilde

Lady Windermere's Fan performed at St James's Theatre, London (February to July). Salomé ... Wilde quickly takes out an action accusing Queensberry of criminal libel. ... Death of Wilde's mother, Lady Jane Francesca Wilde ('Speranza' ).
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Francesca Wilde

... tribes, carrying with them, as signs of their origin, broken fragments of the primal creed, and broken idioms of the primal tonguethose early pages in the history of the human Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde Contents: Preface Introduction.
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Francesca Speranza Wilde

To which is appended a chapter on qThe Ancient Race of Irelandq by the late Sir William Wilde.
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Francesca Speranza Wilde

To which is appended a chapter on qThe Ancient Race of Irelandq by the late Sir William Wilde.
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian ...

The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian ...

Oscar Wilde

90 Whistler, James Abbott McNeill 368-9, 424 Whitechapel 1 8, 1 1 9, 1 8 1 , 203, 287, 375, 429 White's 32, 192,379,430 Whitman, Walt xxxix Wilde, Jane Francesca ('Speranza') 365 Wilde, Oscar 'Art at Willis's Rooms' 435 'Ave Imperatrix' 373 ...
Horse

Horse

Elaine Walker

In her study of Irish legends in 1887, Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde, mother of Oscar Wilde, declares the horses of the Daoine Sidhe, the most aristocratic of the heroic fairies, to be as splendid as their riders: And the breed of horses they ...
The Oxford Companion to English Literature

The Oxford Companion to English Literature

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In her writings she pursued long-standing interests in *Rosicrucianism, the New Thought Movement and Theosophy (see BLAVATSKY, MADAME ELENA). WILDE, Jane Francesca ('Speranza') (1821– 96) Poet, Irish nationalist, translator, and ...
Tales Of Sacred Wells In Ireland (Folklore History Series)

Tales Of Sacred Wells In Ireland (Folklore History Series)

Jane Francesca Wilde,

Jane Francesca Wilde,. TALES OF SACRED VVELLS |N||RELAND (FOLKLORE HISTORY SERIES) JANE FRANCESCA WILDE Tales of Sacred Wells in Ireland By Jane Francesca Wilde. Front Cover.
Wilde Discoveries: Traditions, Histories, Archives

Wilde Discoveries: Traditions, Histories, Archives

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58 Robert Harborough Sherard,TheRealOscar Wilde (London: T. Werner Laurie, 1916), 110–11, andEllmann, OscarWilde, ... 67 In 1864, Wilde'smother, Jane Francesca Wilde, took out alibel suit against Mary Josephine Travers, apatient of  ...
The Library of William Andrews Clark, Jr: Wilde and Wildeiana

The Library of William Andrews Clark, Jr: Wilde and Wildeiana

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"Speranza" was the nom deplume of Jane FrancescaWilde,the mother of Oscar Wilde, which she signed to all her ... By || Sir William R. Wilde, M.D.,|| Vice- President Of The Royal Irish Academy ; || [etc.,etc] Illustrated with numerous Wood ...
Wilde's Women: How Oscar Wilde Was Shaped by the Women He Knew

Wilde's Women: How Oscar Wilde Was Shaped by the Women He Knew

Eleanor Fitzsimons

The modest ceremony that joined 'William R. Wilde Esq., F.R.C.S.' and 'Jane Francesca' was conducted by the groom's older brother, Reverend John M. Wilde . For the occasion, Jane had exchanged her mourning clothes for a 'very rich dress ...
Social Studies

Social Studies

Jane Francesca Wilde

A collection of essays on various topics of importance to author Lady Wilde (1821-1896), first published in 1893.
Driftwood from Scandinavia - Scholar's Choice Edition

Driftwood from Scandinavia - Scholar's Choice Edition

Wilde Jane Francesca Wilde

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History

Alvin Jackson

... Ireland, 1750–1850: Essays in Tribute to Peter Jupp (Belfast, 2007), 283–303. she wrote under the pen name of speranza and was the mother of oscar Wilde. see Karen sasha anthony tipper, A Critical Biography of Lady Jane Wilde, 1821?
Wilde’s Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and ...

Wilde’s Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and ...

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Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century Annette M. Magid ... An additional detail regarding the name “Wilde” is posited to 2 Frederick C. Blodi, “William R. Wilde (1815-1876) in Vienna,” ...
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Jane Francesca Wilde

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Jane Francesca Wilde

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family

The Fall of the House of Wilde: Oscar Wilde and His Family

Emer O'Sullivan

7 Marriage In November 1851 all the Dublin papers carried the following announcement: 'Married on the 12th inst. at St Peter's Church by the Reverend John M. Wilde, A.M., Incumbent of Trinity Church, Northwich, William R. Wilde, Esq., ...

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