This new book reclaims Jane Wilde as a significant poet, scholar, essayist, translator and social commentator. / Jane Wilde (1826 - 1898) - n�e Jane Francesca Elgee - was the mother of Oscar Wilde, but Eibhear Walshe shows that she was a notable poet, translator, and political pamphlet writer in her own right. Born in Wexford, she contributed to The Nation under the name of 'Speranza' and issued a call to arms on behalf of the Young Irelanders...