MS#405: Letter to William Michael Rossetti from Swinburne., 01/12/1880-01/12/1880

File — Box: 2, Folder: 47

Identifier: GAMMS470.1.104

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

01/12/1880-01/12/1880

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 #405: ALS dated January 12, [1880](8 pages), from Algernon Charles Swinburne to William Michael Rossetti, with reference to the former's views on the Paris Commune of 1871: "...Most assuredly, in my poor opinion, a Republic that is other than one & indivisible, according to the old immortal & immutable formula, is by that very fact a Republic at once doomed & dead..." Reference also to "...the absurd infamy of a remark in the Saturday Review of Jan. 3rd, where the writer of an otherwise (I think) unpraisworthy article on Wordsworth actually asserts that 'Shelley disgraced himself by publishing (sic)...a coarse & brutal lampoon, not only on Wordsworth, but also on his blameless sister'..." See also Curatorial file and Index card #405.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE - REFERENCE BY SWINBURNE, A.C. 1880: Autographed Letter

PARIS COMMUNE 1871 - REFERENCE BY SWINBURNE, A.C. 1880: Autographed Letter

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

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