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Sibyl Montgomery. Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde. At Oxford he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp, that carried a homoerotic subtext, and met Wilde, starting a close but stormy relationship.
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- Magdalen College, Oxford
- Poet
Jul 15, 2013 · In June of 1891, Wilde met Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas, a 21-year-old Oxford undergraduate and talented poet, who would come to be the author’s own Dorian Gray — his literary muse, his evil genius, his restless lover.
Apr 30, 2021 · Worse, he spent most of his life after Oscar Wilde's death attacking Wilde and trying to ruin Wilde's reputation, apparently in revenge for his portrayal in Wilde's final masterwork, the searing letter to and about Douglas, "De Profundis" ( posted at Project Gutenberg ). Simply put, Douglas was a petty and selfish man.
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De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to "Bosie" ( Lord Alfred Douglas ). In its first half, Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which eventually led to Wilde's conviction and imprisonment for gross indecency.
In 1891 Oscar Wilde met Lord Alfred Douglas in the architectural jewel-town of Rouen. Douglas was a 21 year old Oxford undergraduate and talented poet who was familiar with Dorian Gray, and Wilde was an Irish playwright married with two sons, but the connection was patent: they swung full-throttle into a tempestuous and scandalous love-affair.
Apr 5, 2024 · His son Lord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie, was Wilde’s lover and this was a great bone of contention in the noble family. Said to be "vile-tempered," the Marquess was determined to bring Wilde down. He blatantly accused Wilde of homosexuality, which was illegal at the time. Bosie convinced Wilde to sue his powerful father for libel in 1895.
In Oscar Wilde …addition, his close friendship with Lord Alfred Douglas, whom he had met in 1891, infuriated the marquess of Queensberry, Douglas’s father. Accused, finally, by the marquess of being a sodomite, Wilde, urged by Douglas, sued for criminal libel. Wilde’s case collapsed, however, when the evidence went against him, and he…
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