| Description |
xiv, 539 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Century, 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-529) and index. |
| Contents |
May 1895 -- Wonder and remorse -- Tea and beauties -- A little in love -- Nothing but my genius -- Freedom from sordid care -- The marriage cure -- Against nature -- An ideal wife -- Playing with fire -- Mad and coloured loves -- Poets and lovers -- Æolian harps -- Spiritualised sodomy -- Shadow and song -- John and Dorian -- Scarlet threads -- Outlawed noblemen -- Apples of Sodom -- Wild and terrible music -- Strange green flowers -- Hyacinth and narcissus -- Gay, gilt and gracious -- Prophets and priests -- For love or money -- Feasting with panthers -- The madness of kisses -- Brazen candour -- A pugilist of unsound mind -- A schoolboy with wonderful eyes -- On a gilded barge -- The scarlet marquis -- The boys on the beach -- The arsenic flower -- Love's sacrifice -- Passionate fauns -- Hideous words -- Raking piccadilly -- Vexed and persecuted lovers -- Fighting with panthers -- So very ugly -- Kill the bugger! -- Oscar at bay -- The love that dares to speak its name -- A foul and dark latrine -- Bitter waters -- From the depths -- Comfort and despair -- Two outcast men -- A joy-song. |
| Subject |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Relations with men.
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Sex customs -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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Authors, Irish -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
0465044387 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780465044382 |
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