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Johnson, he said to have "exerted a considerable influence on the literary culture of
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recorded his physical and ideological repugnance to the late poet and editor in his diary, "He has the bodily horror of the dwarf, with the dwarf's huge bust and head and shrunken nether limbs, and he has also the dwarf malignity of tongue and defiant attitude towards the world at large. Moreover, I
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Schools Examination. Soon after passing the examination, Henley moved to London and attempted to establish himself as a journalist. His
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and remained under Henley's editorship until 1893. The paper had almost as many writers as readers, as Henley said, and its fame was confined mainly to the literary class, but it was a lively and influential contributor to the literary life of its era. Serving under Henley as his assistant editor,
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Margaret had called her friend Barrie her "fwendy-wendy", resulting in the use of the name "Wendy" for a feminine character in the book. Margaret did not survive long enough to read the book; she died in 1894 at the age of five and was buried at the country estate of
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ran an article about the promise that Henley showed in the field of poetry. After Henley's death in 1903 an acquaintance in Boston wrote a piece about her impression of Henley, saying of him, "There was in him something more than the patient resignation of the religious sufferer, who had bowed
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ethic of self-mastery given compelling expression within the frame of a controlled rhyme scheme supported by strong, monosyllabic nouns. It was only a small step from espousing this poem to assuming a
Victorian persona, as he could do in letters to his children. In ways they predictably found
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clothed—the great god Pan...with halting foot and flaming shaggy hair, and arms and shoulders huge and threatening, like those of some Faun or Satyr of the ancient woods, and the brow and eyes of the
Olympians." After hearing of Henley's death on 13 July 1903, the author
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of the bone that resulted in the amputation of his left leg below the knee in 1868–69. The early years of Henley's life were punctuated by periods of extreme pain due to the draining of his tuberculosis
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164:(23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was an English poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "
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use to which it was put during WWI to inspire patriotism and sacrifice in the
British public and young men heading off to war. The poem is referenced in the title, "
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alienating, he liked to exhort them to ever-greater effort, reiterating that ambition and drive were the only means of escaping an 'inferior position' in life.
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746:(2009), wherein the poem is referenced several times. In that fictionalised account, the poem becomes a central inspirational gift from actor
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am quite out of sympathy with Henley's deification of brute strength and courage, things I wholly despise."
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1331:"William Ernest Henley: A Biographical Sketch"
1179:Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press.
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1965:Henley, William Ernest (7 March 2019).
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1769:Henley, William Ernest (1873–1875).
1721:The Selected Letters of W. E. Henley
1404:"Henley, William Ernest (1849–1903)"
1156:(online), updated 19 July 2011, see
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1886:"Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral"
1846:Ohio University Press, 2005. P. 81.
1734:Robert Louis Stevenson: a Biography
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1701:"Friends | Robert Louis Stevenson"
1478:The Story of the House of Cassell.
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1455:British Poets, 1880–1914. Vol. 19
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363:(b. 1888), in Edinburgh.
1902:The Chicago daily Tribute
1900:"A New Poet of Promise".
1857:"West Chester University"
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1302:Fifty Years of Peter Pan.
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262:University of St Andrews
201:Early life and education
92:Poet, critic, and editor
2376:Writers from Gloucester
2262:Encyclopædia Britannica
2163:Charles Scribner's Sons
2142:Charles Scribner's Sons
2046:Daniels, Eddie (1998).
1934:. The LiederNet Archive
1820:White, Gleeson (1888).
1547:Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen.
1304:P. Davies, 1954. p. 36.
1231:London: Harold Shaylor.
1229:W. E. Henley. A Memoir,
1201:Donald Davidson, 1937,
1175:Edward H. Cohen, 1974,
1025:Slang and its analogues
930:), 1894; the centenary
924:A Book of English Prose
912:Slang and its analogues
837:(a free translation of
266:University of Edinburgh
2431:Robert Louis Stevenson
2253:Henley, William Ernest
2217:, accessed 9 May 2015.
1792:Henley, William Ernest
1688:William Ernest Henley.
1662:"The History of Wendy"
1648:, accessed 9 May 2015.
1637:London: Random House,
1595:Edinburgh St Cuthberts
1549:My Diaries: 1888–1900.
1419:10.1093/ref:odnb/33817
1362:Connell, John (1949),
1159:, accessed 9 May 2015.
1058:Robert Louis Stevenson
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2330:Florence Earle Coates
1800:. London: David Nutt.
1114:Herbert Beerbohm Tree
1070:H. B. Marriott Watson
676:and Charles Willeby.
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2159:Scribner's Magazine,
2137:"The Newest Books."
2092:www.fromoldbooks.org
1736:. Hutchinson, 1993.
1619:1891 Scotland Census
1615:1891 Scotland Census
1582:1861 Scotland Census
1192:London: Constable.
1188:John Connell, 1949,
1035:into thieves' slang.
703:", a short story by
538:Barrack-Room Ballads
361:Margaret Emma Henley
340:Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
145:Hannah Johnson Boyle
2344:Library of Congress
2229:, pp. 270–271.
2117:www.folkradio.co.uk
1337:. The Victorian Web
993:The Magazine of Art
907:John Stephen Farmer
714:a satiric novel by
701:England, My England
579:St Paul's Cathedral
492:The London Magazine
403:Katharine de Mattos
388:Harry Cockayne Cust
333:Physical appearance
234:Thomas Edward Brown
213:Henley was born in
2406:English male poets
1223:article on Henley.
1210:article on Henley.
1197:article on Henley.
1184:article on Henley.
1171:article on Henley.
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1074:Criterion Theatre
1062:Haymarket Theatre
1060:, that played at
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880:Views and Reviews
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