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Bayrische Julius-Maximilian Universitt Referent: Olaf Schfer

Institut fr Anglisti un! Amerianisti "#$"%$&""'

Seminar: Oscar (il!e

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Oscar Wilde in Prison

Reactions in the press

Daily Telegraph: .O/en the 0in!*0s1 2et in the fresh air13

The News of the World: .4he aesthetic cult5 in the nasty f*rm5 is *ver$3

Reynoldss News:. 6the e!it*r refuses7 t* gl*at *ver the ruin *f the unha//y man$3

May 25th1895 Oscar (il!e an! Alfre! 4ayl*r are sentence! 8y the 9ury at

the Ol! Bailey twoyears c*nvict /ris*n an! har! 0*r;

4hey 0ere taen right fr*m the c*urt t* e suffere! fr*m: -hunger=malnutriti*n

-ins*mnia

-!isease

-is*lati*n=silence

After three m*nth he 0as all*0e! t* 0rite=receive *ne letter an! t* get visite! 8y

three cl*se frien!s f*r &" minutes$ ?very m*rning at @$""am he ha! t* atten! cha/el$

)aily there is the *//*rtunity t* tae a silent *ne h*ur exercising */en air; ort* use

the /ris*n lavat*ry$ 4he cells are in .un!escri8a8le3 c*n!iti*n$

On June &th R$B$ >al!ane manages t* 8e (il!es first visit*r

mem8er *f the >*me Office c*mmittee investigating /ris*ns = early frien!;$

>e achieves t* get (il!e s*me fe0 8**s t* rea! cens*re! selecti*n; an! gets him

transferre! t* WandsworthJuly 'th;$

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August th(il!es 0ife C*nstance ass the D*vern*r f*r a /ermissi*n t* see her

hus8an! a 0ee later she came t* (an!s0*rth;$

2*r! )*uglas tries t* /u8lish excer/ts *f s*me late l*ve letters *f O(

!ee/ !isa//*intment = /leases R*8ert Sherar! t* st*/ B*sie

If I saw him I wo!ld "ill him#$(il!e t* his 0ife;

(il!e is !ea!ly 0ea fr*m !ysentery an! hunger$ After an acci!ent in the cha/el5 in

0hich his ear g*t severely in9ure!5 he is sent t* the infirmary f*r t0* m*nths$

me!ics sus/ect him *f malingering;

al!ane is c*ncerne! that (il!e 0*ul! 8e 8etter *ff at Readin% &aolE !uring the

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