Oscar Wilde in Utah, with Randell Hoffman and Robert Carson

In 1882, Oscar Wilde visited Utah during his famous lecture tour of the United States. Local historian Randell Hoffman discusses the scandals of Wilde's visit, and the Victorian-era conventions that Wilde challenged. Robert Carson examines Wilde's lectures on the importance of beauty and his provocations about taste and artificiality.  

Links:

• Michèle Mendelssohn, Making Oscar Wilde (Oxford University Press) 
• The Mildred Berryman Institute
• Utah Digital Newspapers, by the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah 

 

Episode edited by Ethan Rauschkolb. Named after our seminar room, The Virtual Jewel Box hosts conversations at the Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah. Views expressed on The Virtual Jewel Box do not represent the official views of the Center or University.