Joseph Bristow is a distinguished professor of English at UCLA. He is the coauthor of Oscar Wilde's Chatterton: Literary History, Romanticism, and the Art of Forgery.
“[A] rich, compellingly told, meticulously researched and generously illustrated volume.”—Simon J. James, Review of English Studies “Bristow’s Oscar Wilde on Trial is a thorough, rewarding, and deeply compassionate study of a dark and significant chapter in Victorian queer history.”—Ethan Evans, British Association of Victorian Studies Newsletter “Oscar Wilde on Trial represents a major contribution to Wilde studies. Joseph Bristow has amassed and synthesized an extraordinary amount of material and presented it lucidly and cogently.”—Simon Stern, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Law and Humanities “There is no doubt that Oscar Wilde on Trial will be the most thorough, the most comprehensive, and the most revealing account of the trials that has yet appeared.”—John Stokes, author of Oscar Wilde: Myths, Miracles, and Imitations