Нашла у ash-key ссылку на много фотографий Одена и взяла там


Оден читает Толкина.
Оден с семьей Томаса Манна.
остальное тут


Оден читает Толкина.
Оден с семьей Томаса Манна.
остальное тут
О, как интересно. Надо перечитать с этой точки зрения, а то я читала Блейка когда-то давно и совсем не помню его героев.
Ты ведь имела в виду Дэниэла, да? :-)
На пляже какая-то такая трогательная фотография очень :-)
А Сассун в юности был очень даже привлекательным :-) У меня в книжке его большая фотография есть, в военной форме и с торчащими ушками :-))
Although later Sassoon did marry, and fathered a son, his nature was predominantly homosexual. Sometimes Robbie's candour on the subject dismayed him, however, which was the reason why sometimes he stayed at London club, rather than at R0bbie's when he was in town.
Представила себе в красках, как он смущается от откровенности Робби, аки красна девица, и сбегает от него в клуб :-)))
"an extremely brave and able officer, nicknamed 'Mad Jack' by his men" one of whom remarked "[i]t was only once in a blue moon . . . that we had an officer like Mr. Sassoon" (Fussell 91). For himself though (and especially after the death of a fellow officer, David Thomas, who had been his close friend), Sassoon was sometimes foolhardy in taking chances to meet the enemy face-to-face. On one occasion, he single-handedly captured a German trench, only to then plop down and pull out a book of poetry from his pocket. On April 16th, 1917, Sassoon was wounded in the shoulder and shipped home to recuperate. There, goaded by Bertrand Russell and others, Sassoon's disillusionment over the war (for one thing, his brother Hamo had been killed at Gallipoli in 1915) solidified into his famous protest statement against the continuation of the war, which was eventually read before the House of Commons on July 30th, and published in The Times the next day. Sassoon then politely went A.W.O.L. (declining to report for further duty), threw his M.C. ribbon into the River Mersey, and waited for martyrdom. However the Army hesitated to punish such a public hero as Sassoon (one whose poetry was read and admired by Churchill, among others)
А close friend - это эвфемизм или нет, не знаешь?
... Vivian and Ronald Firbank organized a little dinner party for him. Vivian ordered food from the Trinity Hall kitchens, while Firbank provided Moet de Chardon 1884 from his wealthy father's celebrated wine cellar. Notable among the six other guests was the breathtakingly handsome poet from Robbie's old college, King's, Rupert Brooke, as carefully selected for the guest's enjoyment as the food and the champagne.
Notable among the six other guests was the breathtakingly handsome poet from Robbie's old college, King's, Rupert Brooke, as carefully selected for the guest's enjoyment as the food and the champagne.
Одена чем больше, тем лучше.