A gifted poet, playwright, novelist, and critic, Algernon Charles Swinburne created late Victorian works that were controversial and groundbreaking, establishing his name as an imaginative innovator of his very own poetic forms, whilst achieving notoriety due to his scandalous lifestyle. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works and plays of Swinburne, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)







* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Swinburne's life and works




* Concise introductions to the poetry and other texts




* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts




* Excellent formatting of the poems




* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry




* Easily locate the poems you want to read




* Features rare posthumous poems available nowhere else




* the complete verse dramas, with individual contents tables




* Includes Swinburne's only complete novel, LOVE’S CROSS-CURRENTS




- appearing here for the first time on eReaders




* Features Gosse’s seminal 1917 biography on the great poet, available in no other collection - discover Swinburne's literary life




* A selection of non-fiction




* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres







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CONTENTS:







The Poetry Collections




ATALANTA IN CALYDON




POEMS AND BALLADS (FIRST SERIES)




SONGS OF TWO NATIONS




SONGS BEFORE SUNRISE




ERECHTHEUS




POEMS AND BALLADS (SECOND SERIES)




POEMS AND BALLADS. (THIRD SERIES)




SONGS OF THE SPRINGTIDES




STUDIES IN SONG




TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE




SONNETS




SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS (1590-1650)




A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY AND OTHER POEMS




A CENTURY OF ROUNDELS




ASTROPHEL AND OTHER POEMS




THE HEPTALOGIA




THE TALE OF BALEN




A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER POEMS




POSTHUMOUS AND UNCOLLECTED POEMS







The Poems




LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER




LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER







The Verse Dramas




THE QUEEN MOTHER




ROSAMOND




CHASTELARD




BOTHWELL




MARY STUART




MARINO FALIERO




LOCRINE




THE SISTERS




ROSAMUND, QUEEN OF THE LOMBARDS




THE DUKE OF GANDIA







The Novel




LOVE’S CROSS-CURRENTS







Selected Non-Fiction




WILLIAM BLAKE: A CRITICAL ESSAY




THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE







The Biography




THE LIFE OF ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by Edmund Gosse







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