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SWINBURNE, “HERTHA,” AND THE VOICE OF LANGUAGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2008

Jerome McGann
Jerome McGann*
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University of Virginia
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This soaring passage comes from Max Müller's celebrated 1855 essay on linguistic anthropology. I start with it because no brief text better captures the import of Swinburne's poetic manifesto “Hertha.” And “Hertha” is important because, like “Anactoria,” it is pivotal in Swinburne's ambitious poetic program.

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Victorian Literature and Culture , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , September 2008 , pp. 283 - 297
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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