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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57434393 Title: The secret life of Oscar Wilde Author: Neil McKenna Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2005. ISBN/ISSN: 0465044387 9780465044382 OCLC:57434393

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The secret life of Oscar Wilde

Author:	Neil McKenna
Publisher:	New York : Basic Books, ©2005.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"[P]rovides explosive new evidence of the political machinations behind Wilde's trials for sodomy."-cover.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Oscar Wilde; Oscar Wilde
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Neil McKenna Find more information about:
ISBN:	0465044387 9780465044382
OCLC Number:	57434393
Notes:	Originally published: London : Century, 2003.
Description:	539 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	May 1895 -- Wonder and remorse -- Tea and beauties -- A little in love -- Nothing but my genius -- Freedom from sordid care -- The marriage cure -- Against nature -- An ideal wife -- Playing with fire -- Mad and coloured loves -- Poets and lovers -- Æolian harps -- Spiritualised sodomy -- Shadow and song -- John and Dorian -- Scarlet threads -- Outlawed noblemen -- Apples of Sodom -- Wild and terrible music -- Strange green flowers -- Hyacinth and narcissus -- Gay, gilt and gracious -- Prophets and priests -- For love or money -- Feasting with panthers -- The madness of kisses -- Brazen candour -- A pugilist of unsound mind -- A schoolboy with wonderful eyes -- On a gilded barge -- The scarlet marquis -- The boys on the beach -- The arsenic flower -- Love's sacrifice -- Passionate fauns -- Hideous words -- Raking piccadilly -- Vexed and persecuted lovers -- Fighting with panthers -- So very ugly -- Kill the bugger! -- Oscar at bay -- The love that dares to speak its name -- A foul and dark latrine -- Bitter waters -- From the depths -- Comfort and despair -- Two outcast men -- A joy-song.
Responsibility:	Neil McKenna.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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"[P]rovides explosive new evidence of the political machinations behind Wilde's trials for sodomy."-cover.

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