"Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne" London: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1928). Art by Harry Clarke

            Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) was one of the most accomplished lyric poets of the Victorian era.  He was born into a wealthy Northumbrian family and educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford, but did not complete a degree.  He achieved his first literary success in 1865 with “Atalanta in Calydon,” which was written in the form of classical Greek tragedy.  The following year the appearance of “Poems and Ballads” brought Swinburne instant notoriety.  The explicit and often pathological sexual themes of his poetry delighted some, shocked many, and became the dominant feature of Swinburne’s image as both an artist and an individual.  He wrote about many taboo topics, such as lesbianism, cannibalism, sadomasochism, and anti-theism. 

Born in Dublin, Harry Clarke (1889-1931) was one of Ireland’s greatest stained glass artists. He created over 160 stained glass windows for religious and commercial commissions and his name is synonymous with quality craftsmanship in his stained glass work.  Clarke was also a renowned book illustrator for the London publisher Harrap during the first quarter of the 20th century, regarded as the golden age of gift-book illustration.  His first printed work was Hans Christian Anderson’s “Fairy Tales” (1916), followed by Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” (1919).   Perhaps his most famous work is Goethe’s “Faust,” which prefigures the disturbing psychedelic imagery of the 1960’s.

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