<DIV><P>Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837&#8211;1909) is, with Browning and Tennyson, one of the touchstone Victorian poets. He was a major critic and an important fiction writer as well. Emerging out of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, his bold and innovative work made him both a celebrated and controversial writer at home and a figure of international importance. Hugo, Baudelaire, and Mallarm&#233; were among his great admirers.<BR>Jerome McGann and Charles L. Sligh now present a generous sampling of Swinburne&#8217;s poetry and prose. This wide-ranging collection satisfies a long need for a comprehensive selection of Swinburne&#8217;s work. It is accompanied by learned and critically incisive commentaries and notes.</P></DIV>