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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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EUP
2011.
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Colección: | Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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? |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1283370077 9781283370073 9780748650835 0748650830 9780748650842 0748650849 |