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Oscar Wilde on Trial - The Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment (Hardcover)
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Oscar Wilde on Trial - The Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment (Hardcover)
Series: Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference
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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 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. Oscar Wilde on Trial
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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