Oscar Wilde on trial : the criminal proceedings, from arrest to imprisonment /
"Among the most infamous prosecutions of a literary figure in history, the two trials of Oscar Wilde for committing acts of 'gross indecency' occurred at the height of his fame. After being found guilty, Wilde spent two years in prison, emerged bankrupt, and died in a cheap hotel room...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2022]
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| Series: | Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2vvsx5p |
| Summary: | "Among the most infamous prosecutions of a literary figure in history, the two trials of Oscar Wilde for committing acts of 'gross indecency' occurred at the height of his fame. After being found guilty, Wilde spent two years in prison, emerged bankrupt, and died in a cheap hotel room in Paris a few years after his release. The trials prompted a new intolerance toward homosexuality: habits of male bonding that were previously seen as innocent were now viewed as a threat, and an association grew in the public mind between gay men and the arts. [This book] assembles accounts from a variety of sources, including official and private letters, newspaper accounts, and previously published (but very incomplete) transcripts, to provide the most accurate and authoritative account to date of events that were pivotal in both legal and cultural history"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xl, 629 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780300268430 0300268432 9780300222722 0300222726 |