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Title: Figures of Several Centuries

Author: Arthur Symons

Release Date: May 9, 2007 [EBook #21407]

Language: English

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FIGURES OF SEVERAL CENTURIES

BY

ARTHUR SYMONS

LONDON
CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD
1917

_First published, December 1916._

_Reprinted, January, June 1917._

TO

JOSEPH CONRAD

WITH A FRIEND'S ADMIRATION

CONTENTS

PAGE
SAINT AUGUSTINE 1

CHARLES LAMB 13

VILLON 37

CASANOVA AT DUX 41

JOHN DONNE 80

EMILY BRONTE 109

EDGAR ALLAN POE 115

THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES 122

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT 130

GEORGE MEREDITH AS A POET 141

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE 153

DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 201

A NOTE ON THE GENIUS OF THOMAS HARDY 207

LEON CLADEL 216

HENRIK IBSEN 222

JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS 268

TWO SYMBOLISTS 300

CHARLES BAUDELAIRE 310

WALTER PATER 316

THE GONCOURTS 336

COVENTRY PATMORE