The Wilde Century: Effeminacy, Oscar Wilde, and the Queer Movement
- ISBN-10
- 0304219053
- ISBN-13
- 9780304219056
- Category
- Aestheticism (Literature)
- Pages
- 212
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Author
- Alan Sinfield
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