Oscar Wilde's Last Stand
Decadence, Conspiracy, and the Most Outrageous Trial of the Century
By Philip Hoare
1997
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Documents the case in which dancer Maud Allan brought action against a right-wing MP for libellous remarks concerning her performance of Wilde's Salome
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Philip Hoare
Author · 12 books
Philip Hoare is an English writer, especially of history and biography. He instigated the Moby Dick Big Read project. He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton and Leverhulme artist-in-residence at the Marine Institute, Plymouth University, which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2011.
