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It situates the scandal within social and cultural context, reconstructs courtroom events in detail, and explains how imprisonment was endured and interpreted, culminating in release. The work is supported by scholarly apparatus including illustrations, bibliography, and index for reference and further research.","YALE LAW LIBRARY SERIES IN LEGAL HISTORY AND REFERENCE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nOSCAR WILDE ON TRIAL  \nThe Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment  \nJoseph Bristow  \nYale UNIVERSITY PRESS New Haven & London  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPublished with support from the Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.  \nCopyright © 2022 by Joseph Bristow.  \nAll rights reserved.  \nThis book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers.  \nYale University Press books may be purchased in quantity for educational, business, or promotional use. For information, please email [sales.press@yale.edu](sales.press@yale.edu) ([U.S. office](U.S. office)) or [sales@yaleup.co.uk](sales@yaleup.co.uk) (U.K.  \noffice) .  \nSet in Electra type by Newgen.  \nPrinted in the United States of America.  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2021950016 ISBN 978-0-300-26843-0 (ebook)  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nThis paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper) .  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTo Daniel P. Williford  \nPersonality is a very mysterious thing. A man cannot always be estimated by what he does. He may keep the law, and yet be worthless. He may break the law, and yet be fine. He may be bad, without ever doing anything bad. He may commit a sin against society, and yet realize through that sin his  \ntrue perfection.  \n—Oscar Wilde  \nI am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not  \nfor laws.  \n—Oscar Wilde  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nList of Illustrations  \nPreface  \nAcknowledgments Introduction  \nPart I: Oscar Wilde on Trial: Social Background, Cultural Context, Legal Process  \nONE. Oscar Wilde’s Remarkable Career: Professional Ambitions, Sexual Adventures  \n“You must get married at once!” Oscar Wilde, Domestic Life, and Literary Success  \n“I adored you madly, extravagantly, absurdly”: Oscar Wilde’s Evolving Homosexual Career  \n“Feasting with panthers”: Alfred Douglas, Alfred Taylor, and the World of Homosexual Blackmail and Male Prostitution  \nTWO. Oscar Wilde and Alfred Douglas: The Scandalous Affair That Inflamed the Marquess  \n“Write to me soon, you honey-haired boy!”Wilde, Douglas, and the “love that dare not speak its name”  \nThe Marquess’s Libel  \nRegina v. John Sholto Douglas: The Libel Trial  \nPart II: Regina v. Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor: A Reconstruction of the Proceedings  \nTHREE. The Pretrial Hearing: Arraignment and Committal of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court  \nFirst Day: Saturday, 6 April 1895  \nSecond Day: Thursday, 11 April 1895  \nThird Day: Friday, 19 April 1895  \nFOUR. The First Criminal Trial: Regina v. Wilde and Taylor, Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)  \nFirst Day: Friday, 26 April 1895  \nSecond Day: Saturday, 27 April 1895  \nThird Day: Monday, 29 April 1895  \nFourth Day: Tuesday, 30 April 1895  \nFifth Day: Wednesday, 1 May 1895  \nFIVE. The Second Criminal Trial: Regina v. Taylor, Regina v. Wilde, Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)  \nThe Trial of Alfred Taylor  \nFirst Day: Monday, 20 May 1895  \nSecond Day: Tuesday, 21 May 1895 The Trial of Oscar Wilde  \nThird Day: Wednesday, 22 May 1895  \nFourth Day: Thursday, 23 May 1895  \nFifth Day: Friday, 24 May 1895  \nSixth Day: Saturday, 25 May 1895  \nPart III: After the Trials  \nSIX. Imprisonment: Pentonville, Wandsworth, Reading“A Righteous Verdict”? Responses to the Trials  \n“I longed to die”: H.M Prison Pentonville and H.M. Prison Wandsworth“They treat me cruelly”: H.M. Prison Reading under Henry B. Isaacson“The mere handling of pen and ink helps me”: H.M. Prison Reading under James Osmond Nelson  \nCODA. Release  \n“I must love and be loved, whatever price I pay f","cbCaioxphJRzhASH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioxphJRzhASH","pdf",40791500,1,655,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# Acknowledgments\n# Introduction\n# Part I: Oscar Wilde on Trial - Social Background, Cultural Context, Legal Process\n## ONE. 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