The Wilde Century: Effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the Queer Moment
by Alan Sinfield
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For 15 years in Victorian England, Oscar Wilde was able to carry on like the famous camp queen of our imaginings - effete, leisured, aesthetic, amoral, decadent, dandified. This work explores how Wilde was seen before the trials that ended his career and made him the most famous queer man since Socrates. In particular, it examines the concept of effeminacy and asks how Wilde's effeminacy was perceived.Tags
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Alan Sinfield is Professor of English at the University of Sussex.
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- Canonical title
- The Wilde Century: Effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the Queer Moment
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Oscar Wilde
- First words
- Oscar Wilde appeared in three trials in 1895.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)If we accept continuing contest as a necessary politics, it must not be with any complacency.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, LGBTQ+, Literature Studies and Criticism, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 305.389664 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity People by gender or sex Specific groups of men Gay men
- LCC
- PR5823 .S56 — Language and Literature English English Literature 19th century , 1770/1800-1890/1900
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- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
