ABSTRACT Georges Eekhoud was put on trial in October 1900, accused of depicting homosexuality in his 1899 novel Escal-Vigor. The trial engendered a unique series of events in Belgian contemporary public discourse: a debate on homosexuality in a country where such topics were usually completely ignored or condemned. Surprisingly, the debate that focused on the novel in newspapers was not entirely opposed to Eekhoud, who was finally acquitted in his trial. The publicity had an effect that was the opposite of what was hoped for by the authorities: Escal-Vigor went from obscurity to popularity, with six printings by 1901. A study of the public, private and literary debate surrounding the trial will allow us a glimpse of a brief moment in history where gay literature was at the centre of attention and ask ourselves what influence it had on the lot of homosexuals at the time.

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1900年布鲁塞尔的同性恋禁忌：乔治·埃库德的小说《埃斯卡尔·活力》周围的文学，新闻和私人辩论

摘要乔治·埃克豪德（Georges Eekhoud）于1900年10月接受审判，被指控在其1899年的小说《埃斯卡尔·维格》中描写同性恋。审判在比利时当代公共话语中引发了一系列独特的事件：在一个通常完全忽略或谴责此类话题的国家中，有关同性恋的辩论。出乎意料的是，报纸上针对小说的辩论并不完全反对埃库德，后者最终在审判中被宣告无罪。宣传所产生的效果与当局所希望的相反：埃斯卡勒·维戈尔（Escal-Vigor）从默默无闻到受欢迎，到1901年共印制了6幅版画。