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  1. Oscar Wilde on Trial
    The Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment
    Published: 2022; ©2022
    Publisher:  Yale University Press, New Haven, CT

    The most authoritative account of a pivotal event in legal and cultural history: the trials of Oscar Wilde on charges of “gross indecency” Among the most infamous prosecutions of a literary figure in history, the two trials of Oscar Wilde for... more

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    The most authoritative account of a pivotal event in legal and cultural history: the trials of Oscar Wilde on charges of “gross indecency” Among the most infamous prosecutions of a literary figure in history, the two trials of Oscar Wilde for committing acts of “gross indecency” occurred at the height of his fame. After being found guilty, Wilde spent two years in prison, emerged bankrupt, and died in a cheap hotel room in Paris a few years after his release. The trials prompted a new intolerance toward homosexuality: habits of male bonding that were previously seen as innocent were now viewed as a threat, and an association grew in the public mind between gay men and the arts.Oscar Wilde on Trial assembles accounts from a variety of sources, including official and private letters, newspaper accounts, and previously published (but very incomplete) transcripts, to provide the most accurate and authoritative account to date of events that were pivotal in both legal and cultural history

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780300268430
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    Series: Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference
    Subjects: Sex crimes; Trials (Libel); LAW / Legal History
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (672 p.), 25 b-w illus
  2. Sex, violence, and early Christian texts
    Contributor: Cobb, Christy (HerausgeberIn); Vanden Eykel, Eric M. (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: [2022]
    Publisher:  Lexington Books, Lanham

    "Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts examines instances of sexual violence within a diversity of early Christian texts carefully, ethically, and with an eye toward shining a light on the scourge of sexual violence that is so often manifest in... more

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    "Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts examines instances of sexual violence within a diversity of early Christian texts carefully, ethically, and with an eye toward shining a light on the scourge of sexual violence that is so often manifest in both ancient and contemporary Christian communities"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Cobb, Christy (HerausgeberIn); Vanden Eykel, Eric M. (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781793637840
    Subjects: Sex crimes; Christian literature, Early; Sex crimes in literature
    Scope: xiv, 283 Seiten, Diagramme
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    Includes bibliographical references and index