In 1895, the literary wit of his generation, Oscar Wilde took a libel action against the Marquis of Queensbury, the father of his homosexual lover Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas.

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Less starkly, his success may simply represent the passing to a new generation of the literary flame albeit, in this instance, a blowtorch.

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Unlike others of his generation, who broke the mould of literary form by experimenting with modernism, Forster's genius was quieter.

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Expect to see Shakespeare throughout all forms of media in 2013 as a new generation of media consumer rediscovers the timeless literary treasures of William Shakespeare.

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In the mid-1960s, Mr. Hughes joined an emerging generation of journalists including Germaine Greer and Clive James who emigrated to London in search of wider literary vistas.

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