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This 6 page paper examines several works which were considered incriminating in the trials of Oscar Wilde. Quotes and examples from An Ideal Husband, De Profundis, and H. Mongomery Hyde's The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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which had been leveled at him he still continued to produce plays such as An Ideal Husband, and later to write to his friend, Sir Alfred Douglas, the work De
Profundis. Based on the trial records and the attack by Max Nordau in his work, Degeneration, it becomes clear that despite and perhaps because of his persecution, Wilde was able
to leave behind a literary legacy even though he had to have known what was at stake in their creation. In 1892, after Wilde has begun to distinguish himself in
Europe, a book called, Degeneration, by Max Nordau was published. In this work, which was highly controversial itself, he stated that certain characteristics, such as are often found in artists,
musicians, and writers, particularly those with impressionistic and expressionistic tendencies, were indicative of a degenerate nature and should not be tolerated for the sake of the greater good. He
writes that such degenerates are egomaniacal and as such are incapable of empathy. "Preoccupied with themselves, they are insensitive to the feelings of others, lack public spiritedness, a heightened sense
of outrage at the suffering of others, and of course they lack a sense of honor"(Nordau,1993,p 260). As such, then, he seems to be pointing his finger squarely at Wilde,
providing a checklist, as it were, of characteristics and traits which are noted in the degenerate nature. This, of course, did not set well with the Marquess of Queensberry,
since Sir Alfred Douglas, his son, was involved closely, and intimately, with Oscar Wilde. A letter to his son states: "Your intimacy with this man Wilde must either cease or
I will disown you and stop all money supplies. I am not going to try and analyse this intimacy, and I make no charge; but to my mind to
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