Charles Philip Castle Kains Jackson (1857–1933) was an English poet closely associated with the Uranian school.

Biography

Beginning in 1888, in addition to a career as a lawyer, he served as editor for the periodical ''

The Artist and Journal of Home Culture ''The Artist and Journal of Home Culture'', also ''The Artist'', was a monthly art and design journal published in London by Archibald Constable & Co. from 1880 to 1902. From 1881 to 1894 the full title was ''The Artist and Journal of Home Cultur ...

'', which became something of an official periodical for the movement. In it, he praised such artists as

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(to whom he dedicated a homo-erotic sonnet entitled "Sonnet on a picture by Tuke") and Henry Oliver Walker. He also befriended such similar-minded contemporaries as Frederick William Rolfe, Lord Alfred Douglas and John Addington Symonds. The homosexual and pederastic aspects of ''The Artist and Journal of Home Culture'' declined after the replacement of Kains Jackson as an editor in 1894. The final issue edited by Kains Jackson included his essay, ''the New Chivalry'', an argument for the moral and societal benefits of

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and erotic male friendship on the grounds of both

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and

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. According to Kains Jackson, the New Chivalry would promote "the youthful masculine ideal" over the Old Chivalry's emphasis on the feminine. Jackson's volumes of poetry include ''Finibus Cantat Amor'' (1922) and ''Lysis'' (1924). Kains Jackson was a member of the

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, a secret society for homosexuals founded in 1897 by George Ives, which was named after the location of the battle where the

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was finally annihilated in 338 BC.The Knitting Circle: George Ives. Other members included

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, and

John Gambril Nicholson John Gambril (Francis) Nicholson (1866–1931) was an English school teacher, poet, and amateur photographer. He was one of the Uranians, a clandestine group of British men who wrote poetry idealizing the beauty and love of adolescent boys. As a ...

. Jackson discovered the poetry of Edward Cracroft Lefroy. He published two small books of poetry, both concerning his romance with his cousin Cecil Castle who died in 1922. A third unpublished collection of 85 poems, titled ''Alba Ligustra'', dating from 1925–28, was sold by an American book dealer in 2017. Many of the poems concerned Kains-Jackson's memories of Castle, and other poems and notes referred to

References

Aldrich, Robert and Garry Wotherspoon (eds.). ''Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day''. Routledge, 2001. Frantzen, Allen J. ''Bloody Good: Chivalry, Sacrifice and the Great War.'' University of Chicago Press, 2003.

External links

Famous GLBT: Charles Kains Jackson

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Charles Kains British gay writers 1857 births 1933 deaths English LGBT poets English male poets Uranians