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Plays and poetry Catalogue
Condition: Good Cover: some soiling, particularly at edges; some indentation of board edges. Page edges: leading and bottom edge roughly cut; not all leaves are cut; dust, a few stains / mottles. Front endpaper: small bookseller's sticker, erased pencil inscriptions, slight browning. 
click on pics for larger image [Rear cover is same as front with contents on opposite side.] Plot / Content: Several of the poets in this collection were associated with the style and content of late nineteenth century writing that has been variously described as Aesthetic, Decadent and Uranian. While the last term specifically referred to homosexual / ephebophile relationships, many aesthetes saw intense male friendships, chaste or otherwise, as an ideal. None of the poems in this collection are gay in the modern sense of the word, but several have homoerotic undertones. Background / Biography: enlarge cover above for complete list of poets John Davidson (1857 - 1909) was a Scottish poet whose sexuality was unknown (Wikipedia). John Moray Stuart-Young, a bisexual writer, dedicated Out of Hours, a collection of poetry, to Davidson (p215, Timothy D'Arch-Smith's Love in Earnest). Lord Alfred Douglas (1870 - 1945) was Oscar Wilde's lover (Wikipedia). Ernest Dowson (1867 - 1900) appears to have been heterosexual (Wikipedia). He was a close friend of Uranian writer Charles Sayle. (p78, Timothy D'Arch-Smith's Love in Earnest) John Gray (1866 - 1934) was a poet and priest who was born in London and died in Edinburgh. He was reputedly the model for Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. His life partner was Marc-André Raffalovich, a wealthy poet and early defender of homosexuality. (Wikipedia) Laurence Housman (1865 - 1959) was, in addition to being a poet and playwright, active in early homosexual law reform and other causes, including women's rights, socialism and pacifism (Wikipedia). Lionel Johnson (1867 - 1902) was Lord Alfred Douglas' cousin and introduced him to Oscar Wilde; he also repudiated Wilde after the 1895 trial (Wikipedia). Johnson's sexuality is unknown but some of his poetry has homoerotic undertones. Richard le Gallienne (1866 - 1947) married twice and was probably heterosexual (Wikipedia). However, some of his poetry has homoerotic undertones. John Addington Symonds (1840 - 1893) was an early advocate of homosexuality (Wikipedia). Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish-born playwright and poet whose notorious trial for sodomy in 1895 had repercussions throughout British social and artistic life (Wikipedia). Theodore Wratislaw (1871 - 1933) was best-known in Uranian circles for two poems - To A Sicilian Boy and L'éternal féminin, neither of which are included here. However, it is thought that he was not himself homosexual / ephebophile (p215, Timothy D'Arch-Smith's Love in Earnest). Wikipedia entry Reviews: Clicking on advertiser links on this site may allow these companies to gather and use information about your visit to this and other websites to provide you with advertisements about goods and services presumed to be of interest to you. |
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