Blackmail, sodomy, and sex work: Oscar Wilde on trial

Name: Blackmail, sodomy, and sex work: Oscar Wilde on trial
Start: 2016-10-25T16:00
End: 2016-10-25T16:00
Location: Arts Building - Lecture Room 6

Location: Arts Building - Lecture Room 6

Dates: Tuesday 25 October 2016 (16:00)

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19th Century seminar

Speaker: Distinguished Professor Joseph Bristow (UCLA)

Venue: Arts Building, Lecture Room 6

Abstract

Sentenced to two years of hard labour after his 1985 trial on charges of gross indecency, Wilde suffered physical and psychical wounds from which he never recovered. Professor Bristow, a leading expert on Wilde, explores the events motivating the trials and conviction.