Brilliant Paradoxes and Corrosive Epigrams; or Why Oscar Wilde Went to Trial

In this Open Day taster lecture, Sos Eltis explores the complex causes which motivated Oscar Wilde’s 1895 court cases.
Date Published: 11 March 2019
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Contributors: Sos Eltis
In Collection(s): Oscar Wilde, Writing lives: biography, autobiography, memoir, life-writing
Keywords: Oscar Wilde, biography, life-writing
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