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## Explores the lasting cultural and political impact of this remarkable year Oscar Wilde's disastrous libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry dominated British newspapers during the spring of 1895. Now, Nicholas Freeman shows that the Wilde scandal was just one of many events to capture the public's imagination that year. Had Jack the Ripper returned? Did the Prime Minister have a dreadful secret? Were Aubrey Beardsley's drawings corrupting the nation? Were overpaid foreign players ruining English football? Could cricket save a nation from moral ruin? Freak weather, flu, a General Election, industrial unrest, New Women, fraud, accidents, anarchists, balloons and bicycles all stirred up interest and alarm. __1895__ shows how this turbulent year is at the same time far removed from our own day and strangely familiar. ## Key Features * Interweaves literature, politics and historical biography with topics such as crime, the weather, sport, visual art and journalism to give an overarching view of everyday life in 1895 * Draws on strikingly diverse primary sources, from the __Aberdeen Weekly Journal__ to the __Women's Signal Budget__, and from the __Illustrated Police News__ to _

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Author

Nicholas Freeman; ProQuest (Firm)

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9786613370075

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction