1895 : Drama, Disaster and Disgrace in Late Victorian Britain.

'Kill the bugger!' So read one telegram to the Marquess of Queensberry before his legal battle with Oscar Wilde in the spring of 1895. Today's readers often see the Wilde case as dramatising the intolerance and cruelty of late-Victorian life, but what was its contemporary significance...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: EUP 2011.
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
Temas:
1800-1901
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
History > Europe > Great Britain.
History.
English literature
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria)
Great Britain
Periodical
periodicals.
Periodicals
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Periodicals.
Périodiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:'Kill the bugger!' So read one telegram to the Marquess of Queensberry before his legal battle with Oscar Wilde in the spring of 1895. Today's readers often see the Wilde case as dramatising the intolerance and cruelty of late-Victorian life, but what was its contemporary significance? What was it like to live in Britain in 1895? Which stories, personalities and events really captured the headlines?
Descripción Física:1 online resource (249 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1283370077
9781283370073
9780748650835
0748650830
9780748650842
0748650849

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