Major Poems and Selected Prose

By Algernon Charles Swinburne

Book Overview

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.
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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300104995
• ISBN13: 9780300104998
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"