In the first act of the wittiest Irish play of the nineteenth century, Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of ... and other offal,” Scanlan writes. He quotes the testimony of a farmer to a ...

Poets! Whoops. I get distracted. I assume everyone knows Oscar Wilde came here. While more playwright than poet, I’d say “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” alone is enough to get him in the club.

Jacob Epstein was very upset. For months, the sculptor had toiled on a memorial tomb for Oscar Wilde, the celebrated—and often vilified—author of works like The Picture of Dorian Gray.

On Friday, Wilde wore a menswear-inspired blazer and trouser look at the Saint Laurent x Vanity Fair Pre-Oscar Dinner, accessorized with a black tie and matching belt. On Saturday, the actress and ...