MS#402: Letter to William Michael Rossetti from Swinburne., 12/09/1880-12/09/1880

File — Box: 2, Folder: 44

Identifier: GAMMS470.1.101

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

12/09/1880-12/09/1880

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 #402: ALS dated December 9, 1880 (12 pages), from Algernon Charles Swinburne to William Michael Rossetti. A lengthy literary discourse with reference to Byron, Thomas Campbell (Scottish poet,1777-1844), Chaucer, Coleridge, Milton, Shelley, Tennyson, and Wordsworth, as well as others. Wordsworth is extolled in this letter: "...I regard W.W. as essentially and differentially one of the absolute great poets -- far higher above Byron, for instance, than Shelley can possibly be ranked above him. He has written verse which simply never was or will be surpassed in some of the highest and most glorious & precious qulities possible to human speech..." See also Curatorial file and Index card #402.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - CORRES. TO ROSSETTI, WILLIAM M. 1880: Autographed Letter

ROSSETTI, WILLIAM MICHAEL - CORRES. FROM SWINBURNE, A.C. 1880: Autographed Letter

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM - REFERENCE BY SWINBURNE, ALGERNON C. 1880: Autographed Letter