29 February 2024, The Tablet

Empathy in poetry – in search of the sensual

by Sally Read

What struck me most about Wilde’s poem was the empathy that it displays.

Empathy in poetry – in search of the sensual

The report of Oscar Wilde’s trial carried by Illustrated Police News in its 4 May 1895 issue.
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