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Author:
Robins, Ashley H.
Title:
Oscar Wilde, the great drama of his life : how his tragedy reflected his personality / Ashley H. Robins.
Publisher:
Sussex Academic Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
xi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900.
Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Health.
Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Imprisonment.
Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Relations with men.
Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Trials, litigation, etc.
Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas,--Marquis of,--1844-1900--Trials, litigation, etc.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Authors, Irish--19th century--Biography.
Gay men--Great Britain--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Pursued by a pugilist of unsound mind -- In durance vile : Pentonville -- Haldane and Morrison vs. the home secretary -- The battle of reading gaol -- Passing from one prison into another -- The vexatious domestic saga -- The great syphilis debate -- The precipitous road to homosexual law reform -- Gay superstar but not martyr -- Oscar as others saw him -- Relationships with family and friends -- Histrionic personality disorder -- The last words.
ISBN:
1845194349 (h/c : alk. paper)
9781845194345 (h/c : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)630453657
LCCN:
2010022926
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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