‘It’s bawdier in Greek’: A.C. Swinburne’s Subversions of the Hellenic Code

When Algernon Charles Swinburne was asked in 1872 to make a contribution to Théophile Gautier’s Tombeau, he impressed his French friends, including Hugo or Mallarmé, by sending no fewer than six poems, two in English, two in French, one in Latin and one in Greek. This eloquent polyglossia was both a...

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Main Author: Charlotte Ribeyrol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2013-09-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/897
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