“At 22 Dowson was, unsurprisingly, on the lookout for new experiences”
“At 22 Dowson was, unsurprisingly, on the lookout for new experiences, in particular those he could use in his fiction. He wanted to be in love as an experiment, to … Continue reading
I wonder what happened to Mary Kelly’s heart?
“I wonder what happened to Mary Kelly’s heart? Is it still sitting in a little box somewhere? Does someone still knowingly have Kelly’s heart? Is it in an attic somewhere, … Continue reading
Walking past the old Sunset Cinema
“Walking past the old Sunset Cinema in Brewer Street where I had so many of the highest nights of my life on Thursday morning I saw it has now been … Continue reading
“This was a highly productive period of Dowson’s life”
“This was a highly productive period of Dowson’s life and a record of his industry at this time confounds those who would write him off as a drunk who produced … Continue reading
“In April 1899 Victor Plarr was offered an unpaid post on a weekly review The Critic”
“In April 1899 Victor Plarr was offered an unpaid post on a weekly review, The Critic. He passed it on to Dowson who accepted it, giving him an entry into … Continue reading
“Dowson knew from personal experience that he was overdoing his consumption”
“Dowson knew from personal experience that he was overdoing his consumption as early as 1889. ‘On the whole it is a mistake to get binged on the verdant fluid,’ he … Continue reading
“Dowson frequently quoted Baudelaire, ‘Il faut être toujours un peu ivre’ [It is necessary to be always a little drunk]”
“Dowson frequently quoted Baudelaire, ‘Il faut être toujours un peu ivre’ [It is necessary to be always a little drunk] and complained that early nights and mornings and general healthy living … Continue reading
“With the distance of time making the experience more palatable”
“With the distance of time making the experience more palatable, Plarr recorded 25 years later how, ‘with other merry revellers, he arrived in the street outside my rooms, and bawled … Continue reading
“Plarr occupied ‘the most uncomfortable rooms in the world in Great Russell Street'”
“Plarr occupied ‘the most uncomfortable rooms in the world in Great Russell Street, and often, late at night, Dowson crept into the house and begged a bed.’ He would sleep … Continue reading
“‘The vital issue is between optimism and pessimism'”
“‘The vital issue is between optimism and pessimism,’ he wrote at another point, but he seems to have chosen pessimism, as he remarked later, ‘Immortality! Wretched ideal. Infinite ennui—I die … Continue reading
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