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Hellenism and homosexuality in Victorian Oxford /

In April 1895, Oscar Wilde stood in the prisoner's dock of the Old Bailey, charged with "acts of gross indecency with another male person. These filthy practices, the prosecutor declared, posed a deadly threat to English society, "a sore which cannot fail in time to corrupt and taint...

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Main Author:	Dowling, Linda C., 1944- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994.
Series:	Cornell paperbacks.
Subjects:	English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 19th century. Greek philology > Study and teaching > England > Oxford > History > 19th century. Classicism > England > Oxford > History > 19th century. Gay men > England > Oxford > History > 19th century. Oxford (England) > Social life and customs > 19th century. Social Environment > history. Homosexuality > history. Philology, Classical > education. Oxford (England) > Social life and customs. 15.70 history of Europe. Classicism. English literature. Gay men. Greek philology > Study and teaching. Homosexuality and literature. Manners and customs. England. England > Oxford. Englisch, ... Griechisch Gräzistik Homosexualität > Motiv Homosexualität Literatur Rezeption Oxford Filhellenisme. Homoseksualiteit. Victoriaanse tijd. Homosexuality and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century. hellénisme > homosexualité masculine > Grande-Bretagne > 19e s. hellénisme > homosexualité masculine > littérature anglaise > 19e s. Griechisch. 1800-1899 Geschichte 1850-1900 Homosexuality > History Oxfordshire (England) Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

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