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Thema: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
(* 16. Oktober 1854 in Dblin; ? 30. November 1900 ) war ein schwuler irischer Schriftsteller.
Als Lyriker, Romanautor, Dramatiker und Kritiker wurde er zu einem der bekanntesten Schriftsteller seiner Zeit, wegen so genannter homosexueller Unzucht (gross indecency) wurde er zu zwei Jahren Zuchthaus mit harter Zwangsarbeit verurteilt. Nach seiner Entlassung lebte er verarmt in Paris, wo er im Alter von 46 Jahren starb.

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Gyles Brandreth: Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death

UK 2008, 416 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Hodder and Stoughton - Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries 2

»I see murder in this unhappy hand!« - When Mrs Robinson, palmist to the Prince of Wales, reads Oscar Wilde's palm she cannot know what she has predicted. Nor can Oscar know what he has set in motion when, that same evening, he proposes a game of »Murder« in which each of his Sunday Supper Club guests must write down ... Weiterlesen

Gyles Brandreth: Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder

USA 2008, 397 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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It's 1892, and Oscar Wilde is the toast of London, riding high on the success of his play »Lady Windermere's Fan«. While celebrating with friends at dinner he conjures up a game called »murder« that poses the question: Who would you most like to kill? Wilde and friends - including Arthur Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker - write the names ... Weiterlesen

Wolfram Setz (Hg.): The Sins of the Cities in the Plain

USA 2007, 214 pp., brochure, € 19.99
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Jack Saul is a handsome young man in London, who has found his body to be his best asset and makes his way through life as a prostitute. One day, Jack is picked up by a male customer in Leicester Square, and after their encounter, the man offers to pay Jack for a written account of his experiences. What follows ... Weiterlesen

Caspar Wintermans: Alfred Douglas - A Poet's Life and His Finest Work

UK 2007, 384 pp., hardbound, € 39.95
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Lord Alfred Douglas, or Bosie as he was called from childhood, is chiefly remembered for his relationship with Oscar Wilde - who, at the height of his fame, was sued and, after a couple of sensational trials, has been sentenced to two years hard labour for homosexual practices. The scandal destroyed him and ruined Bosie's life as well. But who ... Weiterlesen

Merlin Holland: Oscar Wilde

USA 2007, 384 pp., cloth, € 26.69
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Merlin Holland's »Oscar Wilde: A Life in Letters« is, in effect, a selected letters, 384 manageable pages rather than the 1,270 of the »Complete Letters«. This has necessitated the omission of »De profundis«, all 50,000 words of it. That apart, it is a judicious and representative selection. Telling the Wilde story in his own words, this is a calm approach ... Weiterlesen

Oscar Wilde: Teleny or The Reverse of the Medal

UK 2006, 138 pp., pb., € 17.95
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The gay erotic novel »Teleny« is an important antithesis to the prudish idealism of the neo-classic and neo-romantic lyric love poetry of the fin du siecle. It is a work of unmasking the cynical double moral standards of the Victorian era: The love of Camille and Teleny is shattered by social reprisals. The book was published in 1893 in 200 ... Weiterlesen

Merlin Holland: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde

USA 2004, 340 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Oscar Wilde had one of literary history's most explosive love affairs with Lord Alfred »Bosie« Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albemarle Club addressed to »Oscar Wilde posing as sodomite«. With Bosie's encouragement, Wilde sued the Marquess for libel. He not only lost but he was tried twice for »gross indecency« and ... Weiterlesen

Oscar Wilde: Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

UK 2003, 1270 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Collins

The »Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde« is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde's works. Continuously in print since 1948, the »Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde« has long been recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume collection of Wilde's texts available, containing his only novel, »The Portrait of Dorian Gray«, as well as ... Weiterlesen

Tom Bouden: The Importance of Being Earnest

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Oscar Wilde with a twist: Wilde's original play - but women's roles being performed by men. A hilarious gay performance!

Oscar Wilde: De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Writings

UK 1999, 296 pp.,brochure, € 12.95
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De Profundis is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He contrasts his behaviour with that of his close friend Robert Ross who became Wilde's literary executor. The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the horrors of prison life, which was published anonymously in 1898. This collection ... Weiterlesen