Talk on the Wilde Side focuses on the formation of a new 'type' of sexual category in the newpaper reports of the trials of Oscar Wilde, relating this to middle-class discussions of masculinity throughout the nineteenth century.
Talk on the Wilde Side Summary
Talk on the Wilde Side by Ed Cohen
First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Table of Contents
Prologue: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Trials; Or Why I Digress Part One: Against the Norm 1. Embodying the Englishman 2. Taking Sex in Hand 3. Social Dis-Ease Part Two: Pressing Issues 4. Legislating the Norm 5. Typing Wilde 6. Disposing the Body Epilogue: What's in a Name?
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