Skip Navigation
Oscar Wilde
February 14, 2017
Reviving the Brilliant Short Stories of Saki
A new play by Katherine Rundell enacts the absurd, vicious tales of the Edwardian writer.
January 15, 2015
Henry James Thought Oscar Wilde Was a Talentless Self-Promoter. Here's What Happened When The Two Met.
October 17, 2014
Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman Once Spent an Afternoon Together. Here's What Happened.
October 16, 2014
In Praise of Oscar Wilde's Brilliant Wit, Sparkling Conversation, and Daring Genius
October 16, 2013
Was Oscar Wilde's Outlandish Personality More Influential Than His Writing?
December 6, 1954
July 22, 2002
The Mystic Smile
Why the Mona Lisa remains one of the most famous paintings in the world
November 16, 1997
Millions of Strange Shadows

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & EnergyApocalypse Soon
Matt FordLaw & The CourtsThe Soapbox
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ RightsThe Soapbox
Jason LinkinsPower & PlutocracyThe Soapbox
Timothy NoahPolitics & EconomyThe Soapbox
Tori OttenBreaking NewsThe Ticker
Grace SegersCongress & ElectionsThe Soapbox
Walter ShapiroPolitics & CampaignsThe Soapbox
Alex ShephardPolitics & MediaThe Soapbox
Heather Souvaine HornClimate ChangeApocalypse Soon
Molly TaftClimate ChangeApocalypse Soon
Michael TomaskyPolitics & IdeasThe Soapbox
About The New Republic’s history