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Oscar Wilde
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Complete Works of Oscar Wilde : Centenary Edition by
Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland (Editor), Martin Holland
(Editor)
Continuously in print
since 1948, Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde has long been
established as the most comprehensive and authoritative
single-volume collection of Wilde's writing. It includes his only
novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, as well as his plays, stories,
poems, essays, and letters-all in their most authoritative texts.
This new illustrated centenary edition also incorporates recent
revisions to the text of his poetic masterpiece, "The Ballad
of Reading Gaol," as well as introductions by Merlin Holland
(Wilde's grandson), Owen Dudley Edwards, Declan Kiberd, and
Terence Brown. Completing this handsome new edition are a
comprehensive bibliography and a chronology of Oscar Wilde's life
and work. 
 Gross
Indecency : The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by
Moises Kaufman, Tony Kushner (Introduction), LuAnn Walther
The
year 2000 will mark the 100th anniversary of playwright and social
philosopher Oscar Wilde's death. He is recognized for his wit and
wisdom as well as for the tragedy of his life. Wilde is perhaps
the most famous person to be punished by the state for committing
the crime of gay sexual activity. After three trials Wilde was
sentenced to several years of hard labor for making love with
another man. Playwright Moises Kaufman has taken the trial
transcripts and fashioned a brilliant play by shortening and
combining them into a concise narrative. Gross Indecency
gives the history of Wilde's life and crimes, and allows us to see
how the social forces of homophobia and hatred in law, religion,
and custom set the stage to send Wilde to prison. Kaufman augments
and juxtaposes the transcripts with quotes from the popular press
and commentary from such eminent Victorians as George Bernard Shaw
and Victoria Regina herself, and the result is stunning. In this
dazzling display of historical research and stage craft, the case
against Oscar Wilde becomes an indictment of how
"proper" and "moral" society punishes those
who speak the truth and expose its sexual and social hypocrisy. --
Michael Bronski
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A delightful web site
that features "The Life and Times of Oscar Wilde", a
pastiche of quotes, anecdotes, personal letters, official
documents, observations and commentary from a variety of sources.
Don't miss the "Oscar Wilde Random Quote Generator".
Hint: Keep hitting your "Reload" button to generate the
quotes.
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Some rather unique resources on this
comprehensive site: "Women's guide to Oscar Wilde",
"Oscar Wilde Chat Room", and "les baisers d'
Oscar". This site is well worth a visit.
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An exhibition and catalogue of essays featuring
first editions, autograph letters, photographs, periodicals, and
ephemera from the Fales Collection of English and American
Fiction. The exhibit is grouped according to ten themes of
interest in the life and work of Oscar Wilde...
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A Wilde biography, a
listing of on-line Wilde works, and explorations of the themes,
settings and philosophy of the Aesthetic and Decadent movement(s)
of late 19th century England are provided by the invaluable
Victorian Web.
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