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Wild about Wilde.(Oscar Wilde in contemporary entertainment)(Cover Story)

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From: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbiannewsmagazine)
Date: 19980428
Author:Shewey, Don

Pioneering gay author and dramatist Oscar Wilde is the subject of several recent books, a new feature film ('Wilde'), and a new Broadway play, 'The Judas Kiss,' starring Liam Neeson. Wilde's place in gay history, and several books about his life and works, are analyzed.

One hundred years after his spectacular fall from the heights of British society to the depths of prison and exile, Oscar Wilde is news again. Widely acknowledged as one of the 19th century's greatest contributors to literature, Wilde has never fallen into total obscurity. His epigrams are endlessly quoted. His ...

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