biography
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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| male
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| lived:
| (1837–1909)
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| biography:
| Poet and critic, born in London, UK. He studied at Oxford, and became associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Leaving without a degree, he travelled in Europe, and throughout his life spent a great deal of time in Northumberland, which he called the ‘crowning county’ of England. He achieved success with his play Atalanta in Calydon (1865), and the first of his series of Poems and Ballads (1866) took the public by storm. Other works include Songs before Sunrise (1871) and Essays and Studies (1875). In 1879, after a breakdown caused by alcoholism, he submitted to the care of a friend, Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914), and lived in semi-seclusion for the rest of his life, publishing over 20 books of poetry, drama, and prose, including critical studies of Shakespeare, Hugo, and Ben Jonson. |
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