The Education of Henry Adams · Character
Algernon Swinburne
English poet and critic, met in London.
minor
Also known as Mr. Algernon Swinburne, Swinburne, Of Swinburne
First appearance: xii eccentricity 1863
Algernon Swinburne's tie to Henry Adams is one of the pressures that moves The Education of Henry Adams—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Swinburne is noted as one who might be fit to interpret the complex social phenomena of Garibaldi and Mme.
Algernon Swinburne first appears in 0014 xii eccentricity 1863.
With Henry Adams (social): Algernon Swinburne was a bohemian poet and acquaintance of Henry Adams, representing the artistic fringe of Victorian society.
In XIII: The Perfection of Human Society (1864): Swinburne is noted as one who might be fit to interpret the complex social phenomena of Garibaldi and Mme. de Castiglione.
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