While Oscar Wilde is now strongly associated with the tone of whimsy that imbues his breezy, effortlessly witty epigrams and essays, the Irish writer and playwright was also a serious thinker who, having been sentenced to two years of hard labor as a punishment for his homosexuality, was deeply engaged with the social issues of his day. This essay, penned as a letter to a newspaper soon after Wilde’s release from prison, takes up the moral issue of penal sentences for juveniles, a question that still has great relevance today.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 16 ● ISBN 9781775562382 ● 出版者 The Floating Press ● 发布时间 2013 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2703034 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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