Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press.
Aubrey Beardsley
Standard Name: Beardsley, Aubrey
Connections
Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
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Publishing | Oscar Wilde | OW
's Salome was first published in the English translation by Lord Alfred Douglas
from the original French, with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley
. OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. Gillespie, Michael Patrick. Oscar Wilde: Life, Work and Criticism. York Press. 11 |
Textual Features | Christopher St John | CSJ
's protagonist here is born illegitimate; his mother is an opera singer. The novel addresses the subject of male homosexual desire; it moves away from Oscar Wilde
's and Aubrey Beardsley
's re-interpretation of... |
Friends, Associates | Evelyn Sharp | ES
wrote later that at no time in her life did she make intimate friends easily. Most people she had to do with she liked up to a certain point only, but she could count... |
Publishing | Evelyn Sharp | Lane accepted the novel in November 1894 for his series called after George Egerton
's Keynotes. John, Angela V. Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 18691955. Manchester University Press. 13 |
Friends, Associates | Alice Meynell | Following her early conquest of Tennyson
, AM
went on to develop a large circle of literary acquaintances. Callers on the Meynells at Palace Court included Irish writer Katharine Tynan
, Aubrey Beardsley
(while he... |
Publishing | Ling Shuhua | The first issue of the Morning Post's literary supplement appeared under a masthead by Ling Shuhua
commissioned by the new editor, |
Friends, Associates | Ada Leverson | AL
's first meeting with Oscar Wilde
is variously dated 1892 or 1893. They became very close, exchanging compliments, paradoxes, and flattery. Ellmann, Richard. Oscar Wilde. Viking. 392 Burkhart, Charles. Ada Leverson. Twayne. 21 |
Friends, Associates | Ada Leverson | AL
's circle of friends comprised writers and artists who were to lend the . . . decade its peculiarly distinctive air: Speedie, Julie. Wonderful Sphinx: The Biography of Ada Leverson. Virago. 27 |
Textual Features | John Oliver Hobbes | T. Fisher Unwin
's Colonial Edition of this novel featured a cover design by Aubrey Beardsley
that was replicated in the Copp Clark
edition, which was published in Toronto, also in 1906. OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Sarah Grand | In 1896 SG
described her two stepsons, one of whom was only six years younger than her, as the greatest friends I have in the world. Grand, Sarah. Sex, Social Purity and Sarah Grand: Volume 1. Editor Heilmann, Ann, Routledge. 281 |
Publishing | Florence Farr | FF
's first novel, The Dancing Faun, was published by Elkin Mathews
and John Lane
as part of their Key Note series, with a cover by Aubrey Beardsley
. Johnson, Josephine. Florence Farr: Bernard Shaw’s new woman. Colin Smythe. 58, 63 Farr, Florence. The Dancing Faun. Elkin Mathews and John Lane. prelims |
Occupation | Florence Farr | Annie Horniman
, whom FF
met through the Order of the Golden Dawn
, agreed to back the season financially. Farr succeeded in persuading Yeats
to write a one-act play for her season, and enlisted... |
Education | Margiad Evans | Her motivation for studying art was connected with an article she had read about Aubrey Beardsley
. |
Occupation | Margiad Evans | Her work here shows some influence of Aubrey Beardsley
. It brought her a commission from her cousin's husband Spencer Watts to design the cover for his first novel, Yesterday's Tomorrow, published in 1931... |
Publishing | George Egerton | GE
published her first book, Keynotes (six stories in a striking cover by Aubrey Beardsley
), to make much-needed money. The volume achieved instant success, establishing her as what was soon to be called a... |
Timeline
April 1893: The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of the...
Writing climate item
April 1893
The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of the Fine and Applied Arts was founded this month by Charles Holme
and first edited by Cleeson White
.
April 1894: The aesthetic quarterly the Yellow Book began...
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April 1894
The aesthetic quarterly the Yellow Book began publication.
April 1894: Aubrey Beardsley became art editor of The...
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April 1894
January 1896: The first number of The Savoy: An Illustrated...
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January 1896
The first number of The Savoy: An Illustrated Monthly appeared; the cover was by Aubrey Beardsley
.
1953: Maurice Girodias established Olympia Press...
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1953
Texts
Beardsley, Aubrey. The Savoy. Editor Symons, Arthur, Leonard Smithers.