Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Japanese: スウィンバーン(英語表記)Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Born: April 5, 1837, London
[Died] April 10, 1909, London. British poet. He was fascinated by Greek poetry at Oxford University, and was also familiar with Italian and French literature. He wrote many poems, but it was not until his Greek-style verse drama Atalanta in Calydon (1865) that he showed the maturity of his prosodic technique. His representative works include the pagan and sensual Poems and Ballads (3 volumes, 66-89), which shows his rebellion against British snobbism, and Songs Before Sunrise (71), which was inspired by the Italian independence movement. After Tristram of Lyonesse (82), a long poem of the most perfect technique, his creative ability declined. He also wrote tragedies, critiques of Shakespeare, Hugo, B. Johnson, and others, as well as essays on poetry and novels.

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Japanese:
[生]1837.4.5. ロンドン
[没]1909.4.10. ロンドン
イギリスの詩人。オックスフォード大学でギリシア詩に熱中,またイタリア,フランス文学にも親しみ,多くの詩を書いたが,ギリシア風の詩劇『キャリドンのアタランタ』 Atalanta in Calydon (1865) で初めて本領とする韻律技巧の円熟をみせた。代表作はイギリス俗物主義への反抗を示した異教的官能的な『詩と歌謡』 Poems and Ballads (3巻,66~89) や,イタリア独立運動に刺激された『日の出前の歌』 Songs Before Sunrise (71) などである。最も完璧な技法の長詩『ライオネスのトリストラム』 Tristram of Lyonesse (82) 以後は創作力が衰えた。ほかに悲劇の作もあり,シェークスピア,ユゴー,B.ジョンソンらに関する批評,また詩論や小説論もある。

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