Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote many plays - all tragedies - and...
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The Triumph of Time (redirect from Algernon Swinburne/The Triumph of Time)
"The Triumph of Time" is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in Poems and Ballads in 1866. It is in adapted ottava rima and is full of elaborate...
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Hymn to Proserpine (redirect from Algernon Swinburne/Hymn to Proserpine)
“Hymn to Proserpine” is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in Poems and Ballads in 1866. The poem is addressed to the goddess Proserpina,...
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owned by Admiral Charles Swinburne in the 19th-century and was the family home of Swinburne's son, the poet Algernon Swinburne. For many years Holmwood...
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Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) was an English poet and writer. Swinburne or Swinburn may also refer to: Swinburne (surname), includes Swinburn...
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classical history. Inspired by the writing on Sappho by Algernon Swinburne, including Swinburne's poem Anactoria, Solomon believed Erinna to have been a...
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theatricals. In October 1868, at the age of 18, he saved the famous poet Algernon Swinburne from drowning off the coast of Étretat. The Franco-Prussian War broke...
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The character of Algernon was inspired by a university dissection class, and the name was inspired by the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne.[better source needed]...
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included: Richard Monkton Milnes, Charles Bradlaugh, Thomas Bendyshe, Algernon Swinburne, Sir James Plaisted Wilde, General Studholme John Hodgson and Charles...
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The Other Victorians. Basic Books, 1966. Swinburne, Charles Algernon. The Works of Charles Algernon Swinburne. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1995...
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the Lowlands" which include William Blake's 1794 poem "The Tyger", Algernon Swinburne's 1866 poem "Dolores", and verses of the Bible. Dylan's lyrics polarized...
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Seymour; 1813–1894), English nobility Algernon Sydney Sullivan (1826–1887), American lawyer Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), English writer and inventor...
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the novel's structure, describing it as "compactly perfect", and Algernon Swinburne stated, "The defects in it are as nearly imperceptible as spots on...
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episodes 1983 Jamaica Inn Reverend Francis Davey TV movie 1985 Poppyland Algernon Swinburne TV play 1986 Tusitala Robert Louis Stevenson TV Series 1987 Little...
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English country house, the seat of the Swinburne Baronets and a childhood home of the poet Algernon Swinburne. It counts among the principal gentry seats...
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on subsequent generations of poets, including Robert Browning, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Thomas Hardy, and W. B. Yeats. American literary critic Harold...
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concept dates back many decades, with the Victorian era figure Algernon Charles Swinburne writing in his work Anactoria about the ancient Greek poet Sappho...
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kept absolutely secret. Howell also became a business adviser to Algernon Swinburne, becoming "not only his man of business but also the partner of his...
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modern reproductions. The title is thought to have been influenced by Algernon Swinburne, who wrote the line "Time and the Gods are at strife" in his 1866...
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George V. Among Russell's contemporary admirers were Herman Melville, Algernon Swinburne and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. William Clark Russell was born in New...
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however, were disappointing. She was lauded by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Algernon Swinburne and Tennyson. After its publication, Rossetti was named the natural...
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characters in Shakespeare's history plays has been noted by, among others, Algernon Swinburne. Stephen Greenblatt considers it likely that Tamburlaine was among...
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The Garden of Proserpine (category Poetry by Algernon Charles Swinburne)
"The Garden of Proserpine" is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in Poems and Ballads in 1866. Proserpine is the Latin spelling of Persephone...
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Lesbia Brandon (category Works by Algernon Charles Swinburne)
Lesbia Brandon is an erotic novel written by Algernon Charles Swinburne between 1859 and 1868, but suppressed because it was considered pornographic in...
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Poems and Ballads (category Poetry by Algernon Charles Swinburne)
collection of poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in 1866. The book was instantly popular, and equally controversial. Swinburne wrote about many...
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Stones' Beggars Banquet, and a non-fiction work by Uys Krige. Both Algernon Swinburne and D.H. Lawrence wrote poems by this name. In Middle English literature...
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and established him as a leading authority on childhood. The poet Algernon Swinburne said the book was "well-nigh too praiseworthy for praise".: 42 A...
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son of Wally Swinburn Alan Swinburne (born 1946), English footballer Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet George Swinburne, Australian engineer, politician...
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output of criticism and biography across a range of interests from Algernon Swinburne to James McNeill Whistler. He edited the diaries of his maternal uncle...
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great misfortune onto anyone who picks it up and keeps it. The poet Algernon Swinburne wrote By the North Sea following visits to Dunwich in 1875 and 1877...
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