MS#322: Manuscript "Prologue to The Revenger's Tragedy"., 08/12/1909-08/12/1909

File — Box: 2, Folder: 11

Identifier: GAMMS470.1.68

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Contains all material by and pertaining to Algernon Charles Swinburne. Corresponding curatorial files maintained by John Mayfield for most items are cited. Access to these files are by permission from the Manuscripts Librarian.

Dates

08/12/1909-08/12/1909

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 20 Cubic Feet (40 document cases)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Manuscript #322: AMs poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne entitled, "Prologue to The Revenger's Tragedy," (2 pages, undated). Includes ALS dated August 12, 1909 (1 page) from Theodore Watts-Dunton to James Douglas sending the manuscript. See Curatorial File and Index Card #322. According to Andrew Lang: "...Charles Lamb led [Swinburne] to a study of the early dramatists. When he was aged 12 he composed a tragedy in imitation of Cyril Tourneur's works ("The Atheist's Tragedy," "The Revenger's Tragedy"), but exceeding greatly their average of rapes and murders..." from "History of English Literature from Beowulf to Swinburne," (1912).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - "PROLOGUE TO THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY" (MS: Manuscript

"PROLOGUE TO THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY" BY SWINBURNE, ALGERNON C. (MS, ND: Manuscript

TOURNEUR, CYRIL - "REVENGER'S TRAGEDY" - POEM BY SWINBURNE (MS, ND): Manuscript