Oscar Wilde on Trial: The Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment

Joseph Bristow

Published by Yale University Press 2022

Oscar Wilde on Trial

The Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment

Joseph Bristow

In the series Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300268430

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About this book

The most authoritative account of a pivotal event in legal and cultural history: the trials of Oscar Wilde on charges of “gross indecency&rdquo

Author / Editor information

Joseph Bristow is a distinguished professor of English at UCLA. He is the coauthor of Oscar Wilde’s Chatterton: Literary History, Romanticism, and the Art of Forgery.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Oscar Wilde on Trial
One. Oscar Wilde’s Remarkable Career: Professional Ambitions, Sexual Adventures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Two. Oscar Wilde and Alfred Douglas: The Scandalous Affair That Inflamed the Marquess Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Part II. Regina v. Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor
Three. The Pretrial Hearing: Arraignment and Committal of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Four. The First Criminal Trial: Regina v. Wilde and Taylor, Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Five. The Second Criminal Trial: Regina v. Taylor, Regina v. Wilde, Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
Part III. After the Trials
Six. Imprisonment: Pentonville, Wandsworth, Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Coda. Release Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	569
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	595

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 672
Illustrations
- Other: 25 b-w illus.

eBook

Published: October 11, 2022
ISBN: 9780300268430