Description
Book SynopsisThe most authoritative account of a pivotal event in legal and cultural history: the trials of Oscar Wilde on charges of “gross indecency”
Trade Review“[A] rich, compellingly told, meticulously researched and generously illustrated volume.”—Simon J. James,
Review of English Studies“Bristow’s
Oscar Wilde on Trial is a thorough, rewarding, and deeply compassionate study of a dark and significant chapter in Victorian queer history.”—Ethan Evans,
British Association of Victorian Studies Newsletter“
Oscar Wilde on Trial represents a major contribution to Wilde studies. Joseph Bristow has amassed and synthesized an extraordinary amount of material and presented it lucidly and cogently.”—Simon Stern, coeditor of
The Oxford Handbook of Law and Humanities“There is no doubt that
Oscar Wilde on Trial will be the most thorough, the most comprehensive, and the most revealing account of the trials that has yet appeared.”—John Stokes, author of
Oscar Wilde: Myths, Miracles, and Imitations
