- Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic
When did Algernon Charles Swinburne die? / Died | 10 April 1909 |
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Algernon Charles Swinburne facts
- He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica
- A controversial figure at the time, Swinburne was a sado-masochist and alcoholic and was obsessed with the Middle Ages and lesbianism
- 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")
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