Locrine A Tragedy - Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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""Locrine: A Tragedy"" is a play written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, first published in 1887. The play tells the story of Locrine, the son of King Brutus, who falls in love with his own sister, Sabrina. When Brutus dies, Locrine becomes king and marries Sabrina, but political turmoil and the wrath of the gods lead to their downfall. The play explores themes of incest, power, and fate, and is written in Swinburne's characteristic lyrical and dramatic style. ""Locrine: A Tragedy"" is considered one of Swinburne's most ambitious works and is notable for its use of blank verse and complex…mehr

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""Locrine: A Tragedy"" is a play written by Algernon Charles Swinburne, first published in 1887. The play tells the story of Locrine, the son of King Brutus, who falls in love with his own sister, Sabrina. When Brutus dies, Locrine becomes king and marries Sabrina, but political turmoil and the wrath of the gods lead to their downfall. The play explores themes of incest, power, and fate, and is written in Swinburne's characteristic lyrical and dramatic style. ""Locrine: A Tragedy"" is considered one of Swinburne's most ambitious works and is notable for its use of blank verse and complex characterizations.LOCRINE. This light of dawn is like an evil dream's That comes and goes and is not. Yea, and thus Our hope on both sides wavering dares allow No light but fire to bid us die or live.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Mark Scroggins was born on a military base in Frankfurt am Main, and grew up in various places before ultimately settling in Tennessee. He was educated at Virginia Tech and Cornell University, and taught for many years at Florida Atlantic University. He now lives in Montclair, New Jersey, and Manhattan. He has published four books of poetry, and his The Poem of a Life: A Biography of Louis Zukofsky (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007) was widely reviewed. His essays and reviews have been collected in Intricate Thicket: Reading Late Modernist Poetries (University of Alabama Press, 2015) and The Mathematic Sublime: Writing About Poetry (MadHat, 2016).