One hundred years ago, in the London of the elderly Queen Victoria, the trials of Oscar Wilde offered the court of public opinion its first opportunity to debate the ethics of homosexuality; unfortunately for Wilde, his trials offered the nation's legal system the same opportunity. Oscar Wilde-Novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, reputed homosexual, enigma-was tried and convicted of practicing indecent acts and sentenced to two years of hard labor, dying less than three years after his release. Reading Wilde commemorates ...
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One hundred years ago, in the London of the elderly Queen Victoria, the trials of Oscar Wilde offered the court of public opinion its first opportunity to debate the ethics of homosexuality; unfortunately for Wilde, his trials offered the nation's legal system the same opportunity. Oscar Wilde-Novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, reputed homosexual, enigma-was tried and convicted of practicing indecent acts and sentenced to two years of hard labor, dying less than three years after his release. Reading Wilde commemorates the centenary of the Wilde trials by returning to the many sites visited, and profoundly changed, by Oscar Wilde. The essays trace his powerful impact in the aesthetic, political, spiritual, and moral circles if late Victorian England.
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Good. Light wear & marks to softcover, faded. Wear to corners. Faint marks to the edges of the textblock. Content is in very good, clean condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding.
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VG. Not ex-lib. Number 37 of 1000 copies in limited edition. Softcvoer in light tan illustrated card wraps, 7 1/4" x 8 1/2". iv + 192pp. References, endnotes. VG. Front wrap through p. iv slightly pulled back with no separation or other effects. Light bump to mid page fore edges about 1" below upper corner, no tears, just barely noticeable on outer margins within. Very mild sunning along spine and upper edge rear wrap (apparent shelving effect). Else clean, square, tight and unmarked.
