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Wilde was a poet, fiction writer, essayist and editor. Wikipedia article, commons category, wikidata item. There is a general consensus that it was an ensemble effort, but it has often been attributed to oscar wilde. Ahead of its time in its celebration of uninhibited sensual passion between men. Wilde s life ended at odds with victorian morals that surrounded him. Silent homosexuality in oscar wildes teleny and the picture of dorian gray and robert louis stevensons dr jekyll and mr hyde. The homoerotic novel teleny is an important antithesis to the prudish idealism of the neoclassic and neoromantic lyric love poetry of the fin du siecle. Please click button to get teleny or the reverse of the medal book now.
The love of camille and teleny is shattered by social reprisals. This one was attributed to oscar wilde and his circle which is why it is wellknown, but his affiliation with it is a bit dubious and id rather dissociate him from it now that ive read it in full. Find teleny or the reverse of the medal by wilde, oscar at biblio. Oscar wilde simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
This edition, carefully prepared from original sources in the british library archives, is the only one on sale annotated and unabridged. Teleny ebook by oscar wilde 9788869972119 rakuten kobo. He competed for a scholarship to oxford universitys magdalen college and won it. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading teleny, or the reverse of the medal a gay erotica classic attributed to oscar.
Wildes life ended at odds with victorian morals that surrounded him. What do bottles, brothels and bladders of fat have in common. First published in 1893, this outrageous novel of homosexual love has been attributed to oscar wilde with varying degrees of certainty. Pdf the reverse of the medal download full pdf book. It is a work of unmasking the cynical double moral standards of the.
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