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Title Algernon charles swinburne;unofficial laureate
Published MANCHESTER : MANCHESTER UNIV Press, 2017

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Contents Algernon Charles Swinburne: Unofficial Laureate; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; A NOTE ON THE TEXTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: Catherine Maxwell and Stefano Evangelista; Part I: CULTURAL DISCOURSE; 1 SWINBURNE'S FRENCH VOICE: COSMOPOLITANISM AND CULTURAL MEDIATION IN AESTHETIC CRITICISM: Stefano Evangelista; 2 SWINBURNE'S SWIMMERS: FROM INSULAR PEACE TO THE ANGLO-BOER WAR: Julia F. Saville; 3 SWINBURNE: A NINETEENTH-CENTURY HELLENE?: Charlotte Ribeyrol
4 'A JUGGLER'S TRICK'? SWINBURNE'S JOURNALISM 1857-75: Laurel BrakePart II: FORMS; 5 METRICAL DISCIPLINE: ALGERNON SWINBURNE ON 'THE FLOGGING-BLOCK': Yopie Prins; 6 WHAT GOES AROUND: SWINBURNE'S A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS: Herbert F. Tucker; 7 DESIRE LINES: SWINBURNE AND LYRIC CRISIS: Marion Thain; Part III: INFLUENCE; 8 'GOOD SATAN': THE UNLIKELY POETIC AFFINITY OF SWINBURNE AND CHRISTINA ROSSETTI: Dinah Roe; 9 PARLEYING WITH ROBERT BROWNING: SWINBURNE'S AESTHETICISM, BLASPHEMY, AND THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE: Sara Lyons; 10 WHOSE MUSE? SAPPHO, SWINBURNE, AND AMY LOWELL: Sarah Parker
11 ATMOSPHERE AND ABSORPTION: SWINBURNE, ELIOT, DRINKWATER: Catherine MaxwellREFERENCES; INDEX
Summary Algernon Charles Swinburne (18371909), dramatist, novelist and critic, was late Victorian England's unofficial Poet Laureate. Swinburne was admired by his contemporaries for his technical brilliance, his facility with classical and medieval forms, and his courage in expressing his sensual, erotic imagination. He was one of the most important Victorian poets, the founding figure for British aestheticism, and the dominant influence for fin-de-siècle and many modernist poets. Now available in paperback, this collection of eleven new essays by leading international scholars offers a thorough reval
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Subject Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses
SUBJECT Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 fast
Swinburne, Algernon Charles 1837-1909 gnd
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909. gnd (DE-601)136244343
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1526130483
9781526130488