Author:Jane Francesca Agnes Elgee

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Jane Francisca Agnes Elgee
(1821–1896)

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Irish poet and writer; later Lady Wilde; sometimes wrote as Speranza; mother of Oscar Wilde

Works

Poems (1871)
Driftwood from Scandinavia (1884)
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland (2 vols. 1887)

includes a paper by her husband on ‘The Ancient Races of Ireland,’ read by him to the anthropological section of the British Association at Belfast, 1874

Ancient Cures, Charms, and Usages of Ireland (1890)
Notes on Men, Women, and Books (1891)
Social Studies (1893)
Poems (1907)

Translations

The First Temptation: or, "Eritis sicut Deus." A Philosophical Romance (1863) by Friederike Wilhelmine Gottliebin Canz

Works about Wilde

"Wilde, William Robert Wills," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Lady Wilde," in Notable Irishwomen (pp. 173−189), by C. J. Hamilton (1900)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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