“Unrequited love is the cruellest experience inflicted by people not actually enemies. Dowson was demeaned and humiliated”
“Unrequited love is the cruellest experience inflicted by people not actually enemies. Dowson was demeaned and humiliated, particularly as he recognised deficiencies in Adelaide—and his friends were ever ready to … Continue reading
“So sober an individual as Will Rothenstein, who described Dowson as ‘homeless, miserable and unkempt’, saw without understanding”
“So sober an individual as Will Rothenstein, who described Dowson as ‘homeless, miserable and unkempt’, saw without understanding but his testimony is all the more profound for that. He wrote: … Continue reading
“Arthur Symons wrote of Dowson: Sober, he was the most gentle, in manner the most gentlemanly of men”
“Arthur Symons wrote of Dowson: Sober, he was the most gentle, in manner the most gentlemanly of men; unselfish to a fault, to the extent of weakness; a delightful companion, … Continue reading
“Dowson’s truculence when drunk is well recorded”
“Dowson’s truculence when drunk is well recorded. It was not just that he was argumentative after drinking—he seemed to take on a completely different personality as many habitual drinkers do. … Continue reading
“Harris described how when he went to the East End with Dowson”
“Harris described how when he went to the East End with Dowson, We dined in a frowsy room behind a bar on a bare table without a napkin: the food … Continue reading
“By summer 1895 Dowson was a wretched caricature of himself. He had always been a man of secret desperate passions”
“By summer 1895 Dowson was a wretched caricature of himself. He had always been a man of secret, desperate passions, but now the anguish of being himself, the appalling pressure … Continue reading
“Dowson went to the court with Sherard on 25 May 1895 when the verdict was to be given. As they stepped down from their cab a cry went up from the crowd ‘Here are some more aristocrats! Here are some more of them!’”
“Dowson went to the court with Sherard on 25 May 1895 when the verdict was to be given. As they stepped down from their cab a cry went up from … Continue reading
“Dowson went to see Wilde one evening at the Berkeley Hotel in Piccadilly”
“Dowson went to see Wilde one evening at the Berkeley Hotel in Piccadilly. It was quite early, but he found Wilde in bed propped up with pillows, pasting newspaper cuttings … Continue reading
“Despite the Dowson family’s private misfortunes”
“Despite the Dowson family’s private misfortunes which Ernest disclosed to few if any of his friends, the time of his greatest distress happened to coincide with the decadent high season. … Continue reading
“The one friend of Dowson’s who gives the impression of understanding was Arthur Symons”
“The one friend of Dowson’s who gives the impression of understanding was Arthur Symons. This is doubtless because he had a similar experience himself though in his case, characteristically, it … Continue reading
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