The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Deviance, Morality, and Late-Victorian Society

von Michael S. Foldy

224 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Following Oscar Wilde's 1895 trials for committing "acts of gross indecency with men," he lost his freedom, his family, his reputation, his will to create, and even his will to live. This book sets out to examine what it was about late-Victorian society that allowed this to happen, indeed needed it to happen, and what the trials tell us about the taste and morals of late-Victorian England.

• Reihe: Yale University Press
• ISBN: 9780300071122
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.10.1997
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Yale University Press