1895
"'Entertaining and instructive... stitches together a rich tapestry of the year's incidents, debates, scandals and diversions... It is a crowded canvas, and a thought-provoking one.' (Times Literary Supplement)"
This book explores the lasting cultural and political impact of the events of this remarkable year. Oscar Wilde's disastrous libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry dominated British newspapers during the spring of 1895. Les mer
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It draws on strikingly diverse primary sources, from the Aberdeen Weekly Journal to the Women's Signal Budget, and from the Illustrated Police News to The Yellow Book. It is eclectically illustrated with stills from plays and reproductions of newspaper front pages to bring Victorian culture to life.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Edinburgh University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780748694662
- Utgivelsesår
- 2014
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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"'Entertaining and instructive... stitches together a rich tapestry of the year's incidents, debates, scandals and diversions... It is a crowded canvas, and a thought-provoking one.' (Times Literary Supplement)"