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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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2022]
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| Loạt: | Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2vvsx5p |
Mục lục:
- Part I: Oscar Wilde on trial : social background, cultural context, legal process
- Oscar Wilde's remarkable career : professional ambitions, sexual adventures
- Oscar Wilde and Alfred Douglas : the scandalous affair that inflamed the Marquess
- Part II: Regina v. Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor : a reconstruction of the proceedings
- The pretrial hearing : arraignment and committal of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor at Bow Street Magistrates' Court
- The first criminal trial : Regina v. Wilde and Taylor, Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)
- The second criminal trial : Regina v. Taylor, Regina v. Wilde, Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)
- Part III: After the trials
- Imprisonment : Pentonville, Wandsworth, Reading
- Coda: Release.