his involvement in therisingphilosophy ofaestheticism,led by two ofhis tutors,Walter Pater and John Ruskin.After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.As a spokesman for aestheticism,hetried his hand at various literary activities:he published a book ofpoems,lectured in the United States of America and Canadaon the new "English Renaissance in Art",and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist.Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress,and glittering conversation,Wilde had become one ofthe most well-known personalities ofhis day. I.Life Oscar Wilde was born at 21 Westland Row,Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre,Trinity College,Dublin)the second of three children born to Sir William Wilde and Jane Francesca 10 Wilde,two years behind William("Willie").Jane Wilde,under the pseudonym "Speranza"(the Italian word for'Hope'),wrote poetry for the revolutionary Young Irelanders in 1848 and was a life-long Irish nationalist.[2]She read the Young Irelanders' poetry to Oscar and Willie,inculcatinga love of these poets in her sons.[3]Lady Wilde's interest in the neo-classical revival showed in the paintingsand busts ofancient Greece and Rome in herhis involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most well-known personalities of his day. I. Life Oscar Wilde was born at 21 Westland Row, Dublin (now home of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College, Dublin) the second of three children born to Sir William Wilde and Jane Francesca Wilde, two years behind William ("Willie"). Jane Wilde, under the pseudonym "Speranza" (the Italian word for 'Hope'), wrote poetry for the revolutionary Young Irelandersin 1848 and was a life-long Irish nationalist.[2] She read the Young Irelanders' poetry to Oscar and Willie, inculcating a love of these poets in her sons.[3]Lady Wilde's interest in the neo-classical revival showed in the paintings and busts of ancient Greece and Rome in her 10’