| Major Poems and Selected Prose Contributor(s): Swinburne, Algernon Charles (Author), McGann, Jerome (Editor), Sligh, Charles L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300104995 ISBN-13: 9780300104998 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2004 Annotation: Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) is, with Browning and Tennyson, one of the touchstone Victorian poets. He was a major critic and an important fiction writer as well. Emerging out of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, his bold and innovative work made him both a celebrated and controversial writer at home and a figure of international importance. Hugo, Baudelaire, and Mallarme were among his great admirers. Jerome McGann and Charles L. Sligh now present a generous sampling of Swinburne's poetry and prose. This wide-ranging collection satisfies a long need for a comprehensive selection of Swinburne's work. It is accompanied by learned and critically incisive commentaries and notes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 821.8 |
| LCCN: 2004043062 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.3" W x 9.18" (1.61 lbs) 528 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) is, with Browning and Tennyson, one of the touchstone Victorian poets. He was a major critic and an important fiction writer as well. Emerging out of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, his bold and innovative work made him both a celebrated and controversial writer at home and a figure of international importance. Hugo, Baudelaire, and Mallarm were among his great admirers. |