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Shelley and Swinburne
Poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Algernon Charles Swinburne, discussed together.
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Shelley and Swinburne shows up with force in Christmas and the Aesthetes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
They are cited as critics of Christianity's alleged enmity to joy, yet they failed to establish any new festive traditions.
Shelley and Swinburne first appears in 0001 heretics.
In Christmas and the Aesthetes: They are cited as critics of Christianity's alleged enmity to joy, yet they failed to establish any new festive traditions.
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