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13 apr 2024 · About Olive Eleanor Custance. Olive Eleanor Custance (7 February 1874 – 12 February 1944), also known as Lady Alfred Douglas, [1] was an English poet and wife of Lord Alfred Douglas. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book. Died in Sussex, England, UK.
Spirit of Twilight, you are like a song. That sleeps, and waits a singer, - like a hymn. That God finds lovely and keeps near Him long, Till it is choired by aureoled cherubim. Spirit of Twilight, in the golden gloom. Of dreamland dim I sought you, and I found. A woman sitting in a silent room. Full of white flowers that moved and made no sound.
15 ott 2021 · In June 1901, when “Wild Olive” – as Custance was wont to sign herself – met Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas for the first time, it was love at first sight for both of them. Douglas, born in 1870, and himself a worthy poet, had just escaped the stormy relationship that had led Oscar Wilde to his grave and was eager to rebuild his life.
21 giu 2019 · This article explores the relationship between the poet Olive Custance and her husband Lord Alfred Douglas, arguing that Custance constructed Douglas as a male muse figure in her poetry ...
Olive Eleanor Custance (7 February 1874 – 12 February 1944) was a British poet. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book. She was born the only daughter and heiress of Colonel Frederick Custance, who was a wealthy and distinguished soldier in the British army. Custance was bisexual.
Olive Custance, Fotografie von George Charles Beresford, 1902. Olive Eleanor Custance (* 7. Februar 1874 in London; † 12. Februar 1944 in Hove ), auch bekannt als Lady Alfred Douglas, war eine britische Dichterin. Sie war Teil des Ästhetizismus der 1890er Jahre und veröffentlichte in The Yellow Book. Sie war die Frau von Lord Alfred Douglas.
In the spring of 1901, Olive Custance had travelled to Paris with her mother and the neighbour Freddie Manners-Sutton, the 21 years old son and heir of the Viscount of Canterbury. There he tried to court Custance's friend Natalie Clifford Barney, but she did not return his affections.
