![]() Wilde's family was Anglo-Irish, and he was raised a Protestant. There was long-standing tensions between the British and Irish, as the Irish agitated for more control and home rule. Outside of the six counties of the north that were predominantly British and Protestant-commonly known as Ulster-absentee British landlords controlled much of the land in the remaining twenty-six counties that were predominantly Catholic, rural, and poor. At the time, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and controlled by the British. Influenced by Creative, Flamboyant Mother Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1854. ![]() Works in Biographical and Historical Context Short stories, novels, essays, and poems, and he challenged Victorian morality with his work and his lifestyle. He posed as an aesthete and a decadent-a follower of literary movements of the late Victorian age that argued for “art for art's sake.” Nevertheless, Wilde advocated reform through social critique in his plays, There is a temptation to treat British author Oscar Wilde's work lightly in large part due to his flamboyant and notorious lifestyle, which is often better known than his writings. The Happy Prince, and Other Tales (1888) Overview ![]()
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