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Alfred Douglas : a poet's life and his finest work / Caspar Wintermanns.
Van Pelt Library PR6007.O86 Z9513 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wintermans, Caspar.
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945.
- Douglas, Alfred Bruce.
- Poets, English--20th century--Biography.
- Poets, English.
- English poetry--20th century.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Chester Springs, PA : Peter Owen Pub. ; Chester Springs, PA : Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions Inc., 2007.
- Summary:
- This biography of Lord Alfred Douglas sets out to defend Oscar Wilde's special friend "Bosie" from over a century of false accusations, lies, and misinformation. The author directly engages Wilde's De Profundis, a passionate, cruel, and deeply untruthful work, written while he was incarcerated. Not a rakish homme fatale, Douglas was a supportive and kind lover who worshipped the playwright. His life was destroyed by both those who loved and hated Wilde. Including an anthology of Douglas poetry, this biography is a revealing and moving representation of a tragically misunderstood poet.
- Contents:
- Alfred Douglas: A Poet's Life
- 1 A Privileged Youth 21
- 2 A Notorious Friendship 31
- 3 A Resounding Scandal 47
- 4 A Decadent's Downfall 59
- 5 Loyalty, Machinations and Some Misunderstandings 71
- 6 Reunion in Naples and Death in Paris 83
- 7 A Runaway Match 99
- 8 Never Rude, Except on Purpose 115
- 9 A Fiery Furnace of Affliction 129
- 10 Liberation Through Incarceration 149
- 11 A Testament of Beauty 169
- The Poems
- Autumn Days 207
- A Winter Sunset 208
- Prince Charming 209
- Two Loves 210
- De Profundis 212
- In Sarum Close 212
- In Winter 213
- To Shakespeare 214
- Apologia 214
- Hymn to Physical Beauty 215
- Night Coming into a Garden 218
- Night Going out of a Garden 219
- In an Aegean Port 220
- The Sphinx 220
- In Praise of Shame 221
- A Prayer 222
- Lust and Hypocrisy 222
- Impression de Nuit 223
- A Ballad of Hate 224
- The Image of Death 224
- Rondeau 225
- To Sleep 226
- In Memoriam: Francis Archibald Douglas... 227
- Vae Victis! 227
- Sonnet, Dedicated to Those French Men of Letters... 229
- The Garden of Death 230
- Rejected 231
- St Martin's Summer 233
- Plainte Eternelle 233
- Ode to My Soul 234
- The Travelling Companion 235
- Ode to Autumn 236
- Spring 237
- The Poet and the Moon 238
- Wine of Summer 239
- Sonnet on the Sonnet 242
- The City of the Soul 242
- A Triad of the Moon 244
- Ennui 246
- The Legend of Spinello of Arezzo 247
- Palmistry 248
- The Dead Poet 249
- The Traitor 249
- Dies Amara Valde 250
- Forgetfulness 250
- Premonition 251
- To a Silent Poet 251
- Rewards 252
- The Green River 253
- To Olive 253
- Silence 256
- A Christmas Carol 257
- Beauty and the Hunter 257
- The Poet 258
- Proem 259
- A Christmas Sonnet 259
- Behold, Your House Is Left Unto You Desolate 260
- Stones for Bread 260
- Before a Crucifix 261
- The Unspeakable Englishman 261
- Lighten Our Darkness 262
- On a Showing of the Nativity 262
- House of Bread 263
- To a Certain Judge 263
- In Excelsis (I-IX, Epilogue) 264
- To - with an Ivory Hand Mirror 269
- Oxford Revisited 269
- Winston Churchill 270
- The Wastes of Time 271
- Translations from the French of Charles Baudelaire: Harmonie du soir 272
- Le Balcon 274
- Recueillement 276
- La Beaute 278
- Notes to the Poems 281.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-369) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0720612705
- 9780720612707
- OCLC:
- 62533092
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