John Francis Bloxam (also known as Jack Bloxam
) (1873–1928) was an English
Uranian author and churchman. Bloxam was an undergraduate at
Exeter College, Oxford
(Let Exeter Flourish)
, old_names = ''Stapeldon Hall''
, named_for = Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter
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, sister_college = Emmanuel College, Cambridge
, rector = Sir Richard Trainor
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when his story, "The Priest and the Acolyte", appeared in the sole issue of ''
The Chameleon: a Bazaar of Dangerous and Smiling Chances'', a periodical which he also served as editor. The story details the love affair of a young Anglican priest and his lover, a 14-year-old boy. The affair, when discovered, triggers a suicide pact of both priest and boy. A poem, ''A Summer Hour'', also with pederastic themes, appeared in ''
The Artist''. The contents of ''The Chameleon'', which also included
Lord Alfred Douglas's notorious poem ''Two Loves'', would be used against
Oscar Wilde in his trial. Bloxam was a convert to Anglo-Catholicism, and became a priest.
[Hanson, Ellis: ''Decadence and Catholicism'', page 13. Harvard University Press, 1997.]
Selected publications
*"The Priest and the Acolyte", ''The Chameleon: a Bazaar of Dangerous and Smiling Chances''
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Events
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References and sources
;References
;Sources
*Hanson, Ellis. ''Decadence and Catholicism.'' Harvard University Press, 1997.
*Koven, Seth. ''Slumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London.'' Princeton University Press, 2002.
*Roden, Frederick S. ''Same-Sex Desire in Victorian Religious Culture''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
External links
''The Priest and the Acolyte'', story, at People with a History
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1873 births
1928 deaths
Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
English Roman Catholics
Converts to Roman Catholicism
English LGBT poets
English male short story writers
English short story writers
English male poets