Oscar Wilde on Trial
the criminal proceedings, from arrest to imprisonment
$123.99
- Hardcover
672 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2023
Summary
Oscar Wilde on Trial: A Scandalous Affair
The most authoritative account of a pivotal event in legal and cultural history: the trials of Oscar Wilde on charges of “gross indecency”
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 r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300222722 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300222726 |
| Series: | Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference |
| Author: | Joseph Bristow |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.02kg |
| Dimensions: | 49mm x 242mm x 164mm |
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Critics Review
“[A] rich, compellingly told, meticulously researched and generously illustrated volume.”—Simon J. James, Review of English Studies“Bristow’s Oscar Wilde on Trial is a thorough, rewarding, and deeply compassionate study of a dark and significant chapter in Victorian queer history.”—Ethan Evans, British Association of Victorian Studies Newsletter“Oscar Wilde on Trial represents a major contribution to Wilde studies. Joseph Bristow has amassed and synthesized an extraordinary amount of material and presented it lucidly and cogently.”—Simon Stern, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Law and Humanities“There is no doubt that Oscar Wilde on Trial will be the most thorough, the most comprehensive, and the most revealing account of the trials that has yet appeared.”—John Stokes, author of Oscar Wilde: Myths, Miracles, and Imitations
About The Author
Joseph Bristow
Joseph Bristow is a distinguished professor of English at UCLA. He is the coauthor of Oscar Wilde’s Chatterton: Literary History, Romanticism, and the Art of Forgery.
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