Orla Polten
Biographic Data
| ID | 5959918 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Orla Polten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Orla |
| FAMILY NAME | Polten |
| SIGNATURE | POLTEN O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Swinburne’s Atalanta in Calydon
s Atalanta in Calydon (1865) is the finest example of Victorian 'Greek' tragedy, a genre of English poetry inspired by the forms, contents, and styles of Attic tragedy. For George Saintsbury, Swinburne's play represented a 'renouveau of English prosody': drawing on the metres and rhythms of Ancient Greek, Atalanta opened new phenomenological possibilities for the English language. Swinburne's fall from critical favour in the early twentieth centu…
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Swinburne’s Atalanta in Calydon
s Atalanta in Calydon (1865) is the finest example of Victorian 'Greek' tragedy, a genre of English poetry inspired by the forms, contents, and styles of Attic tragedy. For George Saintsbury, Swinburne's play represented a 'renouveau of English prosody': drawing on the metres and rhythms of Ancient Greek, Atalanta opened new phenomenological possibilities for the English language. Swinburne's fall from critical favour in the early twentieth centu…
Art (1 work) · Classical Studies and Philology (1 work) · French Literature and Criticism (1 work) · Greek tragedy (1 work) · History (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Poetry (1 work)