The Uranians were a small and somewhat clandestine group of male pederasticpoets who published works between 1858 (when William Johnson Cory published Ionica) and 1930. Although most of them were English, they had counterparts in the United States and France.
Origin of the term
Their name is commonly believed to derive from the work of the German theorist and campaigner Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in the 1860s, with the name later taken up by John Addington Symonds and others who rendered it as 'Uranian'. However, it has been argued that this derivation and coinage, at least for the English-speaking countries, is independent of Ulrichs's "coinage". In his work Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians: Hopkins, Pater and Wilde, Michael M. Kaylor writes:
Given that the prominent Uranians were trained Classicists, I consider ludicrous the view, widely held, that ‘Uranian’ derives from the German apologias and legal appeals written by Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs in the 1860s, though his coinage Urning — employed to denote ‘a female psyche in a male body’ — does indeed derive from the same Classical sources, particularly the Symposium. Further, the Uranians did not consider themselves the possessors of a ‘female psyche’; the Uranians are not known, as a group, to have read works such as Forschungen über das Räthsel der mannmännlichen Liebe (Research on the Riddle of Male-Male Love); the Uranians were opposed to Ulrichs’s claims for androphilic, homoerotic liberation at the expense of the paederastic; and, even when a connection was drawn to such Germanic ideas and terminology, it appeared long after the term ‘Uranian’ had become commonplace within Uranian circles, hence was not a ‘borrowing from’ but a ‘bridge to’ the like-minded across the Channel by apologists such as Symonds. (p. xiii, footnote)
Daring to be Different: EE Bradford and the Uranian Poets
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published: 05 Jul 2021
RARE 1924 LIMITED FIRST EDITION of SENTIMENTAL GAY, URANIAN POETRY by A. NEWMAN
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Uranian Poet of 1923
Uranian Poet of 1923
He was a Unarian poet of 1923
Covering up his passions & desires with lip service the likes of Noel Coward and Kahlil Gibran; also the occasional passing among the few and far between his 'loving brotherhood' associates.
He lit up a Chesterfield and every now and then leered a gaze my way contemplating possible futures of the approaching night.
I was scantily clad with no more manners than who-Day and who-Diz.
It is;
1923
lonely but aware of my footprints as I walk upon the ground that so many put down.
Lordy, lordy, lordy!
Nudist, naturist and and all that be'zzz.
.I was a young lad in that day; that lifetime.
He was humming to himself sipping espresso & chugging a flask of what would turn out to be home-distilled fine bourbon.
The sun set as we two sat on a be...
published: 20 Jan 2018
RARE 1923 1st EDITION of GAY, URANIAN POETRY: 'RONDEAUX OF BOYHOOD' by A. NEWMAN
RARE 1923 1st EDITION of GAY, URANIAN POETRY: 'RONDEAUX OF BOYHOOD' by A. NEWMAN
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published: 20 Mar 2013
Uranian Willy
Bill Moyers reading a poem titled "Uranian Willy" By William S. Burroughs. Enjoy.
published: 29 Jan 2007
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RARE SHEAF of GAY URANIAN POEMS INSCRIBED by POET JOHN GAMBRIL NICHOLSON, 1916.
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Breakin's world of words
This video sees Dan and Joe of Breakin reminding themselves of their beautifully crafted lyrics, poetry to the soul as Capaldi likes to describe them, which trillions of fans would scream back as them as they played their gigs for "Glastonbury for the milkey way, of course there was language problems between all the planets, i mean with venusarians not uranian, and uranian people not speaking English, so they tackled this problem by having interpreters - clever.
published: 02 Aug 2009
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Iran executed a former national karate champion and another man on Saturday for allegedly killing a security official during nationwide protests, despite pleas by relatives and criticism that their trial relied on forced confession.
The two men executed on Saturday had been convicted over the death of a member of the Basij paramilitary force militia, who prosecutors said was stripped naked and killed by a group of mourners who had been paying tribute to a slain protester, Hadis Najafi. Three others have been sentenced to death in the same case, while 11 received prison sentences.
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Join Connor Wood, a part-time bookseller and postgrad at St Cross College, for a special online talk discussing Exeter College's recent purchase of six Urainian...
Join Connor Wood, a part-time bookseller and postgrad at St Cross College, for a special online talk discussing Exeter College's recent purchase of six Urainian poetry books by alumnus E.E. Bradford (1884). Learn more about the Uranian poets & the exceptional position they hold in literary history.
Join Connor Wood, a part-time bookseller and postgrad at St Cross College, for a special online talk discussing Exeter College's recent purchase of six Urainian poetry books by alumnus E.E. Bradford (1884). Learn more about the Uranian poets & the exceptional position they hold in literary history.
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Uranian Poet of 1923
He was a Unarian poet of 1923
Covering up his passions & desires with lip service the likes of Noel Coward and Kahlil Gibran; also the o...
Uranian Poet of 1923
He was a Unarian poet of 1923
Covering up his passions & desires with lip service the likes of Noel Coward and Kahlil Gibran; also the occasional passing among the few and far between his 'loving brotherhood' associates.
He lit up a Chesterfield and every now and then leered a gaze my way contemplating possible futures of the approaching night.
I was scantily clad with no more manners than who-Day and who-Diz.
It is;
1923
lonely but aware of my footprints as I walk upon the ground that so many put down.
Lordy, lordy, lordy!
Nudist, naturist and and all that be'zzz.
.I was a young lad in that day; that lifetime.
He was humming to himself sipping espresso & chugging a flask of what would turn out to be home-distilled fine bourbon.
The sun set as we two sat on a beach;
Virginia Beach; before A.R.E
Handsome and lean, keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
But as so it as so its so it....
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
(record skipping on the old Victrola)... ... as it so
... as it so
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
as it was as if we sojourned just like it was yesterday.
What does all this all have to do with Oprah Winfrey?
Hell if I know.
I'm just trying to make my way past the guards.
927-dFXZ
"I'm in...
... you can turn on the Oxtometor.Sequence device now, Montreal, BC ;)
o & o ((over and out)) ." -bry.
(c) 2018 by Bryan Abney (annotated from my earlier work; 'A far way to go from back')
Uranian Poet of 1923
He was a Unarian poet of 1923
Covering up his passions & desires with lip service the likes of Noel Coward and Kahlil Gibran; also the occasional passing among the few and far between his 'loving brotherhood' associates.
He lit up a Chesterfield and every now and then leered a gaze my way contemplating possible futures of the approaching night.
I was scantily clad with no more manners than who-Day and who-Diz.
It is;
1923
lonely but aware of my footprints as I walk upon the ground that so many put down.
Lordy, lordy, lordy!
Nudist, naturist and and all that be'zzz.
.I was a young lad in that day; that lifetime.
He was humming to himself sipping espresso & chugging a flask of what would turn out to be home-distilled fine bourbon.
The sun set as we two sat on a beach;
Virginia Beach; before A.R.E
Handsome and lean, keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
But as so it as so its so it....
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
(record skipping on the old Victrola)... ... as it so
... as it so
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
as it was as if we sojourned just like it was yesterday.
What does all this all have to do with Oprah Winfrey?
Hell if I know.
I'm just trying to make my way past the guards.
927-dFXZ
"I'm in...
... you can turn on the Oxtometor.Sequence device now, Montreal, BC ;)
o & o ((over and out)) ." -bry.
(c) 2018 by Bryan Abney (annotated from my earlier work; 'A far way to go from back')
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This video sees Dan and Joe of Breakin reminding themselves of their beautifully crafted lyrics, poetry to the soul as Capaldi likes to describe them, which tri...
This video sees Dan and Joe of Breakin reminding themselves of their beautifully crafted lyrics, poetry to the soul as Capaldi likes to describe them, which trillions of fans would scream back as them as they played their gigs for "Glastonbury for the milkey way, of course there was language problems between all the planets, i mean with venusarians not uranian, and uranian people not speaking English, so they tackled this problem by having interpreters - clever.
This video sees Dan and Joe of Breakin reminding themselves of their beautifully crafted lyrics, poetry to the soul as Capaldi likes to describe them, which trillions of fans would scream back as them as they played their gigs for "Glastonbury for the milkey way, of course there was language problems between all the planets, i mean with venusarians not uranian, and uranian people not speaking English, so they tackled this problem by having interpreters - clever.
When asked if he believed the Holocaust happened, Iranian President Raisi told Lesley Stahl, “There are some signs that it happened. If so, they should allow it...
When asked if he believed the Holocaust happened, Iranian President Raisi told Lesley Stahl, “There are some signs that it happened. If so, they should allow it to be investigated and researched.” cbsn.ws/3RZpXyv
#News #60Minutes #Iran
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Iran executed a former national karate champion and another man on Saturday for allegedly killing a security official during nationwide protests, despite pleas ...
Iran executed a former national karate champion and another man on Saturday for allegedly killing a security official during nationwide protests, despite pleas by relatives and criticism that their trial relied on forced confession.
The two men executed on Saturday had been convicted over the death of a member of the Basij paramilitary force militia, who prosecutors said was stripped naked and killed by a group of mourners who had been paying tribute to a slain protester, Hadis Najafi. Three others have been sentenced to death in the same case, while 11 received prison sentences.
“Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, principal perpetrators of the crime that led to the unjust martyrdom of Ruhollah Ajamian were hanged this morning,” the judiciary said in a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency.
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The two men executed on Saturday had been convicted over the death of a member of the Basij paramilitary force militia, who prosecutors said was stripped naked and killed by a group of mourners who had been paying tribute to a slain protester, Hadis Najafi. Three others have been sentenced to death in the same case, while 11 received prison sentences.
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Uranian Poet of 1923
He was a Unarian poet of 1923
Covering up his passions & desires with lip service the likes of Noel Coward and Kahlil Gibran; also the occasional passing among the few and far between his 'loving brotherhood' associates.
He lit up a Chesterfield and every now and then leered a gaze my way contemplating possible futures of the approaching night.
I was scantily clad with no more manners than who-Day and who-Diz.
It is;
1923
lonely but aware of my footprints as I walk upon the ground that so many put down.
Lordy, lordy, lordy!
Nudist, naturist and and all that be'zzz.
.I was a young lad in that day; that lifetime.
He was humming to himself sipping espresso & chugging a flask of what would turn out to be home-distilled fine bourbon.
The sun set as we two sat on a beach;
Virginia Beach; before A.R.E
Handsome and lean, keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
But as so it as so its so it....
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
(record skipping on the old Victrola)... ... as it so
... as it so
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
... keen to particular peculiarities by the southern Atlantic sea.
as it was as if we sojourned just like it was yesterday.
What does all this all have to do with Oprah Winfrey?
Hell if I know.
I'm just trying to make my way past the guards.
927-dFXZ
"I'm in...
... you can turn on the Oxtometor.Sequence device now, Montreal, BC ;)
o & o ((over and out)) ." -bry.
(c) 2018 by Bryan Abney (annotated from my earlier work; 'A far way to go from back')
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“Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, principal perpetrators of the crime that led to the unjust martyrdom of Ruhollah Ajamian were hanged this morning,” the judiciary said in a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency.
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The Uranians were a small and somewhat clandestine group of male pederasticpoets who published works between 1858 (when William Johnson Cory published Ionica) and 1930. Although most of them were English, they had counterparts in the United States and France.
Origin of the term
Their name is commonly believed to derive from the work of the German theorist and campaigner Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in the 1860s, with the name later taken up by John Addington Symonds and others who rendered it as 'Uranian'. However, it has been argued that this derivation and coinage, at least for the English-speaking countries, is independent of Ulrichs's "coinage". In his work Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians: Hopkins, Pater and Wilde, Michael M. Kaylor writes:
Given that the prominent Uranians were trained Classicists, I consider ludicrous the view, widely held, that ‘Uranian’ derives from the German apologias and legal appeals written by Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs in the 1860s, though his coinage Urning — employed to denote ‘a female psyche in a male body’ — does indeed derive from the same Classical sources, particularly the Symposium. Further, the Uranians did not consider themselves the possessors of a ‘female psyche’; the Uranians are not known, as a group, to have read works such as Forschungen über das Räthsel der mannmännlichen Liebe (Research on the Riddle of Male-Male Love); the Uranians were opposed to Ulrichs’s claims for androphilic, homoerotic liberation at the expense of the paederastic; and, even when a connection was drawn to such Germanic ideas and terminology, it appeared long after the term ‘Uranian’ had become commonplace within Uranian circles, hence was not a ‘borrowing from’ but a ‘bridge to’ the like-minded across the Channel by apologists such as Symonds. (p. xiii, footnote)