A.C. Swinburne
Subtitle: a poet's life
By: Rikky Rooksby.
Series: The nineteenth century; Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Scolar Press; Ashgate Pub. Co.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Brookfield, Vt., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.; Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.; Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Other titles: AC Swinburne
Description: "Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) was one of the literary sensations of the Victorian period. His iconoclastic poetry and prose challenged attitudes to sex, politics, religion and censorship. Not only writing some of the most original lyric poetry of the time and pioneering criticism, Swinburne became a cultural icon. In the 1860s his very name was a symbol of progressive forces emerging in a repressive age. Readers across the world identified with the paganism and humanism of his poetry."--BOOK JACKET. "Based on new research and many unpublished letters, Rikky Rooksby sheds light on Swinburne's personality and relationships, and discusses how Swinburne's poetry developed from early pessimism to a recovered joy in the energies of the natural world. This biography is a sympathetic and fresh account of one of the most colourful figures in English literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-313) and index.