Wilde Meets Lord Alfred Douglas
Poet involved
What happened
Wilde was introduced to the young poet Lord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie, in London, England. Their relationship developed into a close and ultimately fateful romantic partnership that would dominate the final years of Wilde's public and private life.
Literary impact
Douglas became both a muse and a source of personal turmoil, inspiring some of Wilde's most intense private writing and indirectly precipitating the scandal that led to his imprisonment and the composition of 'De Profundis.'
Source: Wikipedia
