Ave Atque Vale - Hail and Farewell by Algernon Charles Swinburne

Ave Atque Vale - Hail and Farewell by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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Ave Atque Vale - Hail and Farewell by Algernon Charles Swinburne

A poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne dedicated to French poet, art critic, and essayist Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867). Baudelaire's wonderful poems are known for their masterful use of rhyme and rhythm which, together with their Romantic exoticism, inspired a whole generation of poets including Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine and St phane Mallarm .

A poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne dedicated to French poet, art critic, and essayist Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867). Baudelaire's wonderful poems are known for their masterful use of rhyme and rhythm which, together with their Romantic exoticism, inspired a whole generation of poets including Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine and St phane Mallarm .

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford where he was associated with Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite circle. His influence on aesthetes such as Pater, and on a later generation of poets was considerable.

Kenneth Haynes is Professor of English at Boston University and has co-edited Horace in English for Penguin Classics.

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ISBN 13 9781528719346
ISBN 10 1528719344
Title Ave Atque Vale - Hail and Farewell
Author Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Read Books
Year published 2021-03-26
Number of pages 34
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