The 1917 publication of The life of Algernon Charles Swinburne
, by Edmund Gosse
caused much discussion in the literary world:
"A bombshell that struck literary England a little past that last mid-century has been re-echoing in the recently published 'Life of Algernon Charles Swinburne' by Edmund Gosse. The shell was the volume called 'Poems and Ballads' a cursory knowledge of which probably places it in many minds as one of the bad books of literature..."
- a poor scan, we suggest that you print it and read it on paper.
