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Excerpt from Atalanta in Calydon: A Tragedy I now dedicate, with equal affection, reverence, and regret, a poem inscribed to him while yet alive in words which are now retained because they were laid before him; and to which, rather than cancel them, I have added such others as were evoked by the news of his death: that though losing the pleasure I may not lose the honour of inscribing in front of my work the highest of contemporary names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This...
Excerpt from Atalanta in Calydon: A Tragedy I now dedicate, with equal affection, reverence, and regret, a poem inscribed to him while yet alive i...
The book was produced at the moment when controversy with regard to the internal evidence of composition in the writings attributed to Shakespeare was raging high, and the amusing appendices were added at the last moment that they might infuriate the pedants of the New Shakespeare Society. They amply fulfilled that amiable purpose.
The book was produced at the moment when controversy with regard to the internal evidence of composition in the writings attributed to Shakespeare was...
The first great English poet was the father of English tragedy and the creator of English blank verse. Chaucer and Spenser were great writers and great men: they shared between them every gift which goes to the making of a poet except the one which alone can make a poet, in the proper sense of the word, great. Neither pathos nor humor nor fancy nor invention will suffice for that: no poet is great as a poet whom no one could ever pretend to recognize as sublime. Sublimity is the test of imagination as distinguished from invention or from fancy: and the first English poet whose powers can be...
The first great English poet was the father of English tragedy and the creator of English blank verse. Chaucer and Spenser were great writers and grea...
Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 - 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. A controversial figure at the time, Swinburne was a sado-masochist and alcoholic, and was obsessed with the Middle Ages and lesbianism"
Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 - 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collectio...
Algernon Charles Swinburne is often thought to be one of the most talented poets in English history. Recognized at the age of thirty as England's premier poet during the Victorian era, in a very real sense he succeeded Lord Tennyson. He published several books of poetry, many of which were considered somewhat controversial at the time, as well as a few notable essays including The Age of Shakespeare. In this piece, Swinburne shines as a poet writing about other poets, such as Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman, and John Marston, all of whom lived during the same time as William Shakespeare....
Algernon Charles Swinburne is often thought to be one of the most talented poets in English history. Recognized at the age of thirty as England's prem...
