Bøger af Eibhear Walshe

This book is the first, groundbreaking edition of writing of Speranza (1826-1898) and William Wilde (1815-1874), selected poems, translations, travel writings, medical observations, literary criticism, folklore and political commentary, reclaiming the writings of Jane and William Wilde as part of the public history of Ireland in the nineteenth century.

Oscar Wilde was the most famous gay Irishman and Oscar's Shadow deals with Wilde and his homosexuality within the context of Ireland and of Irish cultural perceptions of his sexuality. The book investigates the questions: What was 'Oscar's shadow', his influence on twentieth and twenty-first century Irish culture and literature?