 | Geoffrey M. Sill - 1994 - 340 pages
...his art. Notes 1. Lord Alfred Douglas used the phrase in a sonnet. Wilde explained it to the court as "a great affection of an elder for a younger man as there was between David and Jonathan." See Hyde 200, 201. 2. A reader of this essay points out that "many women, perhaps beginning with Anne... | |
 | Marvin J. Taylor - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 100 pages
...his famous defense of "the love that dare not speak its name." It is, Wilde declared, an affection "such as Plato made the very basis of his philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare... There is nothing unnatural about it" (Hyde 1962, 201). What is remarkable... | |
 | Francis Mark Mondimore - Social Science - 1996 - 314 pages
...once, he was not merely witty but eloquent. Asked to explain a line in one of his poems, he stated: The "love that dare not speak its name" in this century...philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare. ... It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection.... | |
 | William A. Cohen - History - 1996 - 276 pages
...justifying relations between men, has to deny the very eroticism it is usually imagined to vindicate: "The love that dare not speak its name" in this century...philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare. It is that deep, spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect.... | |
 | Adam Parkes - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 257 pages
..."fine," and "the noblest form of affection." It was both deeply "spiritual" and "intellectual"; it was "such a great affection of an elder for a younger...philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare" (TOW, p. 201). Enthusiastic applause greeted this speech, which (it is... | |
 | Peter Raby - Drama - 1997 - 344 pages
...rousing defence of 'the love that dare not speak its name' in the course of the second trial: 'The love that dare not speak its name' in this century...philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare. It is that deep, spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect.... | |
 | Peter Raby - Drama - 1997 - 344 pages
...rousing defence of 'the love that dare not speak its name' in the course of the second trial: 'The love that dare not speak its name' in this century...philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare. It is that deep, spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect.... | |
 | Michael S. Foldy - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 236 pages
...conviction that it elicited a spontaneous outburst of applause from the spectators in the courtroom: "The love that dare not speak its name" in this century...philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare. It is that deep, spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect.... | |
 | Scott Bravmann - Social Science - 1997 - 196 pages
...physical aspects of love between men while highlighting its emotional and affectional aspects: "The love that dare not speak its name" in this century...the very basis of his philosophy, and such as you will find in the sonnets of Michaelangelo and Shakespeare. It is that deep, spiritual affection which... | |
 | Lawrence Danson - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 214 pages
...give a sum or a name for r). In Chapter 5 I will look more closely at Wilde's famous answer, '"The Love that dare not speak its name" in this century...younger man as there was between David and Jonathan . . . The world mocks at it and puts one in the pillory for it' (Trials, 236); here I simply notice... | |
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The Love that dare not speak its name" in this century is such a great affection of an elder for a younger man as there was between David and Jonathan, such as Plato made the very basis of his philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo... 
