Teleny
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Teleny, a homoerotic short novel believed by some to have been written by Oscar Wilde, was published anonymously in 1895, the year of Wilde's trial and conviction. It has been ignored by most Wilde partisans, but it has also found defenders who urge its inclusion in Wilde's canon. It is reported that sections of the manuscript contain Wilde's handwriting as well as others, which suggests that it is a collaborative work.
It is presently generally rated as an important antipole to the prudish idealism of the neo-classic and neo-romantic lyric love poetry of the fin de siècle, an unmasking of the cynical double moral standards of the Victorian era, in that the love of Camille and Teleny is shattered by social reprisals. Teleny or The Other Side Of The Medal was first publised illegally in a limited edition by an anonymous publisher in the end of 1893.
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