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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561363149092 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1409 (440) |
| Category: |
Poetry |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
SELECTIONS FROM SWINBURNE'S POEMS
by Algernon Charles Swinburne
DESCRIPTION
Format: small blue cloth board hardcover, gilt spine
Published: Chatto And Windus, 1917, 21st impression
Size (mm): 115 w x 175 h x 30 d
Pages: 273
SKU: A5/2402/U143
ABOUT
Poetry from 101 years ago. Swinburne was one of the most accomplished lyric poets of the Victorian era and was a preeminent symbol of rebellion against the conservative values of his time.
The explicit and often pathological sexual themes of his most important collection of poetry, Poems and Ballads (1866), delighted some, shocked many, and became the dominant feature of Swinburne's image as both an artist and an individual. Nevertheless, critics have found that to focus exclusively on the sensational aspects of Swinburne's work is to miss the assertion, implicit in his poetry and explicit in his critical writings, that his primary preoccupation was the nature and creation of poetic beauty.
Monochrome portrait on title page.
CONDITION
Excellent with light wear on covers, some marks/spotting on end papers and page edges, name on front page. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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