Rikky Rooksby
Ashgate
Hardback
336
1997
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.
Ashgate
Hardback
336
1997
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.