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The Wilde Century: Oscar Wilde, Effeminacy and the Queer Moment
The Wilde Century Oscar Wilde Effeminacy and the Queer Moment
Author: Alan Sinfield
For 15 years in Victorian England, Oscar Wilde was able to carry on like the famous camp queen of our imaginings - effete, leisured, aesthetic, amoral, decadent, dandified. This work explores how Wilde was seen before the trials that ended his career and made him the most famous queer man since Socrates. In particular, it examines the concept of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780304329038
ISBN-10: 0304329037
Publication Date: 7/21/1994
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Continuum (formerly Cassell Academic)
Book Type: Hardcover
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