Browsing by Author "Swinburne, A. C."

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    A Midsummer Holiday. Astrophel.
    (William Heinemann, London., 1904) Swinburne, A. C.
    This volume combines travel reflections and elegiac verse. A Midsummer Holiday records impressions of Northern landscapes, blending descriptive prose and poetry with personal observation. Astrophel serves as a memorial tribute, exemplifying Swinburne’s capacity for elegy and homage. The collection demonstrates the poet’s reflective maturity and his engagement with literary memory, landscape, and loss.
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    Poems and Ballads.
    (William Heinemann, London., 1904) Swinburne, A. C.
    This volume presents the first collected edition of Poems and Ballads, containing Swinburne’s early and most controversial lyric poetry. Characterized by rich musicality, classical allusions, and bold explorations of paganism, sensuality, and religious defiance, the collection reflects the poet’s challenge to Victorian moral conventions. The volume includes some of his most celebrated works, demonstrating technical mastery in rhythm and meter while engaging themes of love, mortality, rebellion, and mythological symbolism.
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    Songs Before Sunrise and Song of two Nations.
    (William Heinemann, London., 1904) Swinburne, A. C.
    This volume comprises politically inspired poetry expressing Swinburne’s fervent support for liberty, republicanism, and national self-determination, particularly influenced by the Italian Risorgimento. The poems celebrate revolution, freedom, and resistance to tyranny, combining impassioned rhetoric with lyrical craftsmanship. The collection reflects the poet’s ideological engagement with European political struggles of the nineteenth century.
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    Songs of the Springtides.
    (William Heinemann, London., 1904) Swinburne, A. C.
    This volume gathers later lyrical works distinguished by refined musical structure and contemplative tone. The poems explore themes of nature, transience, emotional reflection, and the passage of time. Compared to Swinburne’s earlier controversial writings, this collection reflects a mature poetic voice marked by restraint, technical precision, and aesthetic devotion to rhythm and sound.
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    Studies in Songs. A Century of Roundels.
    (William Heinemann, London., 1904) Swinburne, A. C.
    This volume highlights Swinburne’s technical experimentation with the roundel form, a fixed verse structure he popularized in English poetry. A Century of Roundels showcases concise, lyrical compositions emphasizing musical repetition and structural symmetry. The collection underscores the poet’s fascination with formal innovation and metrical discipline while addressing themes of love, art, and philosophical reflection.