How to Pronounce Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Apr 05, 1837 London Died on 10 Apr 1909 (aged 72)
English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic
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About Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic.
- He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Swinburne wrote about many taboo topics, such as lesbianism, cannibalism, sado-masochism, and anti-theism.
- His poems have many common motifs, such as the ocean, time, and death.
- Several historical people are featured in his poems, such as Sappho ("Sapphics"), Anactoria ("Anactoria"), Jesus ("Hymn to Proserpine": Galilaee, La.
- "Galilean") and Catullus ("To Catullus").
