A Century of Roundels

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) was an English poet, playwright, and critic who became a leader of the Decadent movement in England. Born into a wealthy Northumbrian family, he was educated at Eton and Oxford but did not complete his degree. Swinburne came to prominence in the 1860s with the publication of 'Atalanta in Calydon' (1865) and 'Poems and Ballads' (1866), which met with critical ...