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	[[wikipedia:Frederick_Rolfe\|'''Baron Corvo''']] is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.		[[File:Frederick William Rolfe, known as Baron Corvo , (1860 – 1913) English writer, artist and photographer.jpg\|thumb\|Baron Corvo]][[wikipedia:Frederick_Rolfe\|'''Baron Corvo''']] is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.

	Seeking to make a living as an independent writer, his finances were always precarious. Rolfe had a knack for finding patrons, but often fell out with them. Finally, out of money and out of luck, he died of a stroke in Venice. Rolfe's life provided the basis for ''The Quest for Corvo'', by [[wikipedia:A._J._A._Symons\|A. J. A. Symons]], an "experiment in biography" regarded as a minor classic in the field.		Seeking to make a living as an independent writer, his finances were always precarious. Rolfe had a knack for finding patrons, but often fell out with them. Finally, out of money and out of luck, he died of a stroke in Venice. Rolfe's life provided the basis for ''The Quest for Corvo'', by [[wikipedia:A._J._A._Symons\|A. J. A. Symons]], an "experiment in biography" regarded as a minor classic in the field.

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	[~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Frederick_Rolfe '''Baron Corvo'''] is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.		[[wikipedia:Frederick_Rolfe\|'''Baron Corvo''']] is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.

	Seeking to make a living as an independent writer, his finances were always precarious. Rolfe had a knack for finding patrons, but often fell out with them. Finally, out of money and out of luck, he died of a stroke in Venice. Rolfe's life provided the basis for ''The Quest for Corvo'', by [~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~A._J._A._Symons A. J. A. Symons], an "experiment in biography" regarded as a minor classic in the field.		Seeking to make a living as an independent writer, his finances were always precarious. Rolfe had a knack for finding patrons, but often fell out with them. Finally, out of money and out of luck, he died of a stroke in Venice. Rolfe's life provided the basis for ''The Quest for Corvo'', by [[wikipedia:A._J._A._Symons\|A. J. A. Symons]], an "experiment in biography" regarded as a minor classic in the field.

	Rolfe was entirely comfortable with his homosexuality and associated and corresponded with a number of other homosexual Englishmen. Rolfe's settled sexual preference was for late adolescents. Towards the end of his life he made his only explicit reference to his specific sexual age preference, in one of the Venice letters to Charles Masson Fox, in which he declared: "My preference was for the 16, 17, 18 and large." Grant Richards, in his ''Memories of a Misspent Youth'' (1932), recalls "Frederick Baron Corvo" at Parson's Pleasure in Oxford – where scholars could bathe naked – "surveying the yellow flesh tints of youth with unbecoming satisfaction".		Rolfe was entirely comfortable with his homosexuality and associated and corresponded with a number of other homosexual Englishmen. Rolfe's settled sexual preference was for late adolescents. Towards the end of his life he made his only explicit reference to his specific sexual age preference, in one of the Venice letters to Charles Masson Fox, in which he declared: "My preference was for the 16, 17, 18 and large." Grant Richards, in his ''Memories of a Misspent Youth'' (1932), recalls "Frederick Baron Corvo" at Parson's Pleasure in Oxford – where scholars could bathe naked – "surveying the yellow flesh tints of youth with unbecoming satisfaction".
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	Those of whom it is either speculated or surmised that they had sexual relations with Rolfe were all sexually mature young men between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one. In his literary works, Rolfe sought to characterize the relationships in his fiction as examples of 'Greek love' between an older man and an ephebe, thus endowing them with the sanction of the ancient Hellenic tradition familiar to all Edwardians of his era who possessed a classical education.		Those of whom it is either speculated or surmised that they had sexual relations with Rolfe were all sexually mature young men between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one. In his literary works, Rolfe sought to characterize the relationships in his fiction as examples of 'Greek love' between an older man and an ephebe, thus endowing them with the sanction of the ancient Hellenic tradition familiar to all Edwardians of his era who possessed a classical education.

	Today, his best-known work is [~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Hadrian_the_Seventh Hadrian the Seventh] (1904), a fantasy novel in which an obscure literary Englishman, George Arthur Rose (evidently Rolfe himself), finds himself elected pope and assumes vast powers. ''Stories Toto Told Me'' (1898), a collection of six stories, later expanded to thirty-two stories and republished as ''In His Own Image'' (1901), follows ‘Don Friderico’ and his teenage acolytes as they embark on long walking tours in the Italian countryside. Traveling as far as Rome as the eastern coast of Italy, the youths’ leader - the sixteen-year-old Toto - recounts tales of saints behaving like pagan gods. The stories are richly Catholic and unashamedly superstitious. The saints who figure in them are hedonistic, vengeful and (though not licentious), entirely comfortable with nudity, which was diametrically opposite to any Protestant ideal of sainthood.		Today, his best-known work is [[wikipedia:Hadrian_the_Seventh\|Hadrian the Seventh]] (1904), a fantasy novel in which an obscure literary Englishman, George Arthur Rose (evidently Rolfe himself), finds himself elected pope and assumes vast powers. ''Stories Toto Told Me'' (1898), a collection of six stories, later expanded to thirty-two stories and republished as ''In His Own Image'' (1901), follows ‘Don Friderico’ and his teenage acolytes as they embark on long walking tours in the Italian countryside. Traveling as far as Rome as the eastern coast of Italy, the youths’ leader - the sixteen-year-old Toto - recounts tales of saints behaving like pagan gods. The stories are richly Catholic and unashamedly superstitious. The saints who figure in them are hedonistic, vengeful and (though not licentious), entirely comfortable with nudity, which was diametrically opposite to any Protestant ideal of sainthood.

	Rolfe's homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel ''Nicholas Crabbe'', and in his posthumous work ''The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole'' (1934). Boys were the favorite subjects of [~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Frederick_Rolfe#Photography Rolfe's photographs], where he experimented with color and underwater photography. Rolfe also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.		Rolfe's homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel ''Nicholas Crabbe'', and in his posthumous work ''The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole'' (1934). Boys were the favorite subjects of [[wikipedia:Frederick_Rolfe#Photography\|Rolfe's photographs]], where he experimented with color and underwater photography. Rolfe also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.

	==External links==		==External links==

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	*John Champagne, (2024). [https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/article/937488/summary Baron Corvo's Venice Letters and Modern Male Homosexuality], ''Journal of the History of Sexuality''.		*John Champagne, (2024). [https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/article/937488/summary Baron Corvo's Venice Letters and Modern Male Homosexuality], ''Journal of the History of Sexuality''.

			*Simon Gatrel, (2016). [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/603480/pdf An Archaeologist’s Approach to Baron Corvo], ''English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920'', Volume 59, Number 2, pp. 245-248. (Review).

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	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220126083505/http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Corvo,_Baron WilliamAPercy.com archive used to start this article]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220126083505/http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Corvo,_Baron WilliamAPercy.com archive used to start this article]

			*John Champagne, (2024). [https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/article/937488/summary Baron Corvo's Venice Letters and Modern Male Homosexuality], ''Journal of the History of Sexuality''.

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	'''Baron Corvo''' is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rolfe '''Baron Corvo'''] is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.

	Seeking to make a living as an independent writer, his finances were always precarious. Rolfe had a knack for finding patrons, but ~~eventually he~~ fell out with them. Finally, out of money and out of luck, he died of a stroke in Venice. ~~His~~ life ~~was reconstructed in~~ the ~~fascinating “The~~ Quest for ~~Corvo” of~~ A. J. A. ~~Symonds~~.		Seeking to make a living as an independent writer, his finances were always precarious. Rolfe had a knack for finding patrons, but often fell out with them. Finally, out of money and out of luck, he died of a stroke in Venice. Rolfe's life provided the basis for ''The Quest for Corvo'', by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._A._Symons A. J. A. Symons], an "experiment in biography" regarded as a minor classic in the field.

	~~Today~~ his ~~best-known work is “Hadrian~~ the ~~Seventh” (1904)~~, ~~a fantasy novel~~ in which ~~an obscure literary Englishman~~, ~~George Arthur Rose~~ (~~evidently Rolfe himself~~), ~~finds himself elected pope,~~ where ~~he assumes vast powers~~.		Rolfe was entirely comfortable with his homosexuality and associated and corresponded with a number of other homosexual Englishmen. Rolfe's settled sexual preference was for late adolescents. Towards the end of his life he made his only explicit reference to his specific sexual age preference, in one of the Venice letters to Charles Masson Fox, in which he declared: "My preference was for the 16, 17, 18 and large." Grant Richards, in his ''Memories of a Misspent Youth'' (1932), recalls "Frederick Baron Corvo" at Parson's Pleasure in Oxford – where scholars could bathe naked – "surveying the yellow flesh tints of youth with unbecoming satisfaction".

	His homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel ~~“Nicholas~~ Crabbe,” and in his posthumous work ~~“The~~ Desire and Pursuit of the ~~Whole”~~ (~~published in~~ 1934) ~~in which he sought to pay off old scores~~. Boys were the favorite subjects of ~~his~~ photographs~~; in this work~~ he experimented with color and underwater photography. He also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.		Those of whom it is either speculated or surmised that they had sexual relations with Rolfe were all sexually mature young men between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one. In his literary works, Rolfe sought to characterize the relationships in his fiction as examples of 'Greek love' between an older man and an ephebe, thus endowing them with the sanction of the ancient Hellenic tradition familiar to all Edwardians of his era who possessed a classical education.

			Today, his best-known work is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian_the_Seventh Hadrian the Seventh] (1904), a fantasy novel in which an obscure literary Englishman, George Arthur Rose (evidently Rolfe himself), finds himself elected pope and assumes vast powers. ''Stories Toto Told Me'' (1898), a collection of six stories, later expanded to thirty-two stories and republished as ''In His Own Image'' (1901), follows ‘Don Friderico’ and his teenage acolytes as they embark on long walking tours in the Italian countryside. Traveling as far as Rome as the eastern coast of Italy, the youths’ leader - the sixteen-year-old Toto - recounts tales of saints behaving like pagan gods. The stories are richly Catholic and unashamedly superstitious. The saints who figure in them are hedonistic, vengeful and (though not licentious), entirely comfortable with nudity, which was diametrically opposite to any Protestant ideal of sainthood.

			Rolfe's homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel ''Nicholas Crabbe'', and in his posthumous work ''The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole'' (1934). Boys were the favorite subjects of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Rolfe#Photography Rolfe's photographs], where he experimented with color and underwater photography. Rolfe also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.

	==External links==		==External links==

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	~~See [https://web.archive.org/web/20220126083505/http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Corvo,_Baron WilliamAPercy.com]~~

	'''Baron Corvo''' is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.		'''Baron Corvo''' is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.

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	His homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel “Nicholas Crabbe,” and in his posthumous work “The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole” (published in 1934) in which he sought to pay off old scores. Boys were the favorite subjects of his photographs; in this work he experimented with color and underwater photography. He also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.		His homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel “Nicholas Crabbe,” and in his posthumous work “The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole” (published in 1934) in which he sought to pay off old scores. Boys were the favorite subjects of his photographs; in this work he experimented with color and underwater photography. He also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.

			==External links==

			*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220126083505/http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Corvo,_Baron WilliamAPercy.com archive used to start this article]

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	His homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel “Nicholas Crabbe,” and in his posthumous work “The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole” (published in 1934) in which he sought to pay off old scores. Boys were the favorite subjects of his photographs; in this work he experimented with color and underwater photography. He also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.		His homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel “Nicholas Crabbe,” and in his posthumous work “The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole” (published in 1934) in which he sought to pay off old scores. Boys were the favorite subjects of his photographs; in this work he experimented with color and underwater photography. He also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.

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'''Baron Corvo''' is the assumed name of the English writer and photographer '''Frederick Rolfe''' (1860-1913). One of the most colorful characters of late Victorian times, Rolfe was a convert to Catholicism. In an effort to become a priest, he journeyed to Rome. The effort failed, but he formed a lifelong attachment to Italy--and to the boys he befriended there.

Seeking to make a living as an independent writer, his finances were always precarious. Rolfe had a knack for finding patrons, but eventually he fell out with them. Finally, out of money and out of luck, he died of a stroke in Venice. His life was reconstructed in the fascinating “The Quest for Corvo” of A. J. A. Symonds.

Today his best-known work is “Hadrian the Seventh” (1904), a fantasy novel in which an obscure literary Englishman, George Arthur Rose (evidently Rolfe himself), finds himself elected pope, where he assumes vast powers.

His homosexuality is more evident in his autobiographical novel “Nicholas Crabbe,” and in his posthumous work “The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole” (published in 1934) in which he sought to pay off old scores. Boys were the favorite subjects of his photographs; in this work he experimented with color and underwater photography. He also created a number of paintings and designs, including cover designs for some of his books, as well as some church paintings.

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