Swinburne
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1931
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 335
Description: After reading this verbose biography of the poet, I knew no more about him as a person than I did before. Countless rambling footnotes distract the reader from the narrative (which on reflection might be a good thing) leaving one to wonder why authors do this when they could incorporate these into the actual text of the book. Not a work to be recommended.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: I.     "The Youngest Singer that England Bore"; title: II.    Beauty and Revolt; title: III.   The Risorgimento and the Ideal Republic; title: IV.    Old Thoughts in New Modes; title: V.     The Arthurian Poems; title: VI.    The Tragedies; title: VII.    "The Noble Pleasure of Praising"; title: VIII.   Last Phases as Lyricist; title: Bibliography; title: Index