Figures of Several Centuries
by Arthur SYMONS (1865 - 1945)
Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and critical wonder to the worlds of his subjects; Donne, Ibsen, Baudelaire and Emily Brontë among them. Summary by Josh Kirsh.
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Figures of Several Centuries:
Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (II) ,
Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (III & IV) ,
A Note on the Genius of Thomas Hardy ,
Algernon Charles Swinburne (I) ,
Algernon Charles Swinburne (II) ,
Charles Baudelaire ,
Coventry Patter (I) ,
Coventry Patter (II) ,
Dante Gabriel Rosetti ,
Edgar Allan Poe ,
Emily Brontë ,
George Meredith as a Poet ,
Gustave Flaubert ,
Henrik Ibsen (I) ,
Henrik Ibsen (II) ,
Henrik Ibsen (III) ,
Henrik Ibsen (IV) ,
John Donne (I) ,
John Donne (II) ,
Joris-Karl Huysmans (I) ,
Joris-Karl Huysmans (II) ,
Léon Cladel ,
Sarojini Naidu ,
The Goncourts ,
Thomas Lovell Beddoes ,
Two Symbolists ,
Walter Pater (I) ,
Walter Pater (II) ,
Welsh Poetry