The Secret Life Of Oscar Wilde
by Neil McKenna
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Author: Neil McKennaEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2005-05-10
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Number of pages: 539
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Book Review: A triumphant account of Oscar's sexual odyssey
Summary: 5 Stars
Neil McKenna is one of the very best gay writers of our generation. His book is a triumphant, uncensored account of Oscar Wilde's sexual odyssey through the hotels, restaurants, bars and backstreets of 19th-century London's homosexual underworld, the story of his sex life with poets and students, rent boys and blackmailers. All of this is set against a fascinating, sometimes hilarious and ultimately moving interpretation of the controversial sexual themes in Oscar's plays, poems, essays and novels - work which often shocked the press and polite society but won Oscar legions of adoring young fans and acolytes. And, on top of that, we have the story of Oscar's involvement with an elite coterie of poets and writers who were slowly clawing their way towards a modern interpretation of the noble tradition of Greek love and devoting their literary and political efforts to 'The Cause' of tolerance and liberation for men who loved other men.
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