The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde

Informationen zum Autor Neil McKenna is a freelance journalist, particularly for the Guardian and the Independent and a freelance producer and researcher for Channel 4. He is a notable campaigner for gay rights - the Clause 24 debate being largely a result of his work. Klappentext Deals with Oscar's astonishing erotic odyssey through Victorian London's sexual underworld. Oscar Wilde emerges as a man driven personally and creatively by his powerful desires for sex with men, in this book, the author argues that Oscar's Wilde's life and work can only be fully understood and appreciated in terms of his sexuality. Zusammenfassung Deals with Oscar's astonishing erotic odyssey through Victorian London's sexual underworld. Oscar Wilde emerges as a man driven personally and creatively by his powerful desires for sex with men, in this book, the author argues that Oscar's Wilde's life and work can only be fully understood and appreciated in terms of his sexuality.

Product details

• Authors: Neil McKenna, McKenna Neil
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2004
• EAN: 9780099415459
• ISBN: 978-0-09-941545-9
• No. of pages: 752
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 39 mm
• Series: Arrow Paperbacks; Arrow Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, Social & cultural history, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LGBTQ+ / Gay and Lesbian Studies, Gay Studies (Gay Men), LGBTQ+ Studies / topics