Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford

Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford /

In April 1895, Oscar Wilde stood in the prisoner's dock of the Old Bailey, charged with "acts of gross indecency with another male person. These filthy practices, the prosecutor declared, posed a deadly threat to English society, "a sore which cannot fail in time to corrupt and taint...

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Main Author: Dowling, Linda C., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994
Subjects:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Homosexuality and literature > England > Oxford > History > 19th century.
Greek philology > Study and teaching > England > Oxford > History > 19th century.
Classicism > England > Oxford > History > 19th century.
Gay men > England > Oxford > History > 19th century.
Oxford (England) > Social life and customs.
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