Atalanta in Calydon
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Atalanta in Calydon is a 19th-century English poetic drama by Algernon Charles Swinburne that reimagines the Greek myth of the Calydonian boar hunt in a highly lyrical, classical style.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
closet drama
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literary work ⓘ poetic drama ⓘ verse drama ⓘ |
| author | Algernon Charles Swinburne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Calydonian boar hunt myth
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Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| contains |
chorus odes
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strophe and antistrophe sections ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Artemis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | book ⓘ |
| form |
choral lyric
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dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| genre |
classical revival literature
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poetic drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
criticized for excessive ornament by some contemporaries
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praised for its lyricism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aeschylus
NERFINISHED
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Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophocles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Pre-Raphaelite-influenced poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Althaea
NERFINISHED
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Atalanta NERFINISHED ⓘ Meleager NERFINISHED ⓘ Oeneus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | classical-inspired English verse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
choral lament beginning "When the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces"
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elaborate musical prosody ⓘ revival of Greek tragic form in Victorian England ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Swinburne’s early major works ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1865 ⓘ |
| publisher | Edward Moxon & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Calydon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | modeled on Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| style |
classical
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highly lyrical ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between human and divine will
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death ⓘ divine vengeance ⓘ fate ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
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