Algernon Swinburne: 72 books

Algernon Charles Swinburne was a talented English poet, playwright, and novelist. He wrote on many controversial topics such as cannibalism and anti-theism.

According to Wikipedia: "Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 10 April 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring themes of sadomasochism, death-wish, lesbianism and irreligion."

The last of the Romantics, Swinburne's poems took the public by storm, intoxicated by their rhythms and shocked by his lack of restraint.

This volume brings together Swinburne's major poetic works, ATALANTA IN CALYDON (1865) and POEMS AND BALLADS (1866). ATALANTA IN CALYDON is a drama in classical Greek form, which revealed Swinburne's metrical skills and brought him celebrity. POEMS AND BALLADS brought him notoriety and demonstrates...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The great Victorian poet offers essays on Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman, Philip Massinger, John Say, Robert Davenport, Thomas Nabbes, Richard Brome, James Shirley, Beaumont, and Fletcher. Swinburne’s deep love, complete study, and worship of the Elizabethan and Jacobean writers shines through on every page.

This 1915 edition of a collection of critical writings by the heralded English writer includes “The Journal of Sir Walter Scott,” “Beaumont and Fletcher,” “Social Verse,” “Wilkie Collins,” “Whitmania,” “Tennyson or Darwin?”, Eight articles on “The Posthumous Works of Victor...

"Begun in the winter of 1874, a first instalment of "A Study of Shakespeare" appeared in the _Fortnightly Review_ for May 1875, and a second in the number for June 1876, but the completed work was not issued in book form until June 1880. In a letter to me (January 31, 1875), Swinburne said: 'I am...

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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,...

A fascinating look at some of the famous poets and writers of Shakespeare's day, including John Webster, Thomas Heywood and Thomas Dekker.